Impacto económico de la mastitis subclínica en hatos bovinos de doble propósito de la Zona Centro del Estado de Yucatán

The objective of this work was to determine theeconomic losses caused by mastitis in dual purposecattle herds. An observational study was carried outduring six months in nine production units with anaverage population of 15 animals A mean of eight sickanimals was identified, causing a loss of $129 6...

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Autores: Rubén Montes Pérez, Víctor C. Pech Martínez, Melinda Carvajal Hernández
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Repositorio:Redalyc-UADY
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:93970207
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=93970207
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agrociencias
mastitis
economics losses
Dual purpose bovine
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Sumario:The objective of this work was to determine theeconomic losses caused by mastitis in dual purposecattle herds. An observational study was carried outduring six months in nine production units with anaverage population of 15 animals A mean of eight sickanimals was identified, causing a loss of $129 600 dueto reduced milk production; $11 250 due to culling;$750 spent in medicaments and $313 paid for extrawork.The economic losses caused by mastitis affectthe economy of farmers. These can be reduced byprevention and management programs previously andeconomically evaluated.