Question

    Strip cup is a simple and effective method of detecting

    mastitis early. It is used_____
    A Just before milking Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B In the middle of milking Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Just after milking Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D During Feeding Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ●      Mastitis is an inflammatory disease which affects the mammary glands that can be caused by bacteria, virus and fungi. Strip cup method is used to detect mastitis. in this method strip cup is used before milking.  The strip cup is used by stripping the first four or five streams from each teat to find cows which show milk containing clots, flakes or stringy masses. Though it doesn’t provide 100 % results, it helps in detecting cows suffering from disease. ●      Other methods includes: o   Somatic cell count o   California mastitis test o   Bacteriological culture

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