Perception of farmers about endometritis prevention and control measures for zero-grazed dairy cows on smallholder farms in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endometritis is a prevalent uterine disease in postpartum cows. The disease reduces fertility performance and milk yield, and subsequently, productivity and profitability of dairy farms. The reduction in performance is associated with considerable economic losses on dairy farms. Smallholder farmers are likely to incur considerable economic losses from the disease where they lack knowledge of effective prevention and control measures for the disease. This study used farmer's perspectives to determine the effectiveness of different management interventions (MIs) for endometritis prevention and control on smallholder farms in Rwanda practicing dairy zero-grazing. The best-worst scaling (BWS) choice method was applied that relied on past 1 year recall data obtained from 154

SUBMITTER: Nyabinwa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275537 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature