Knowledge and attitude towards dairy cattle udder health management among veterinary-related personnel in Selangor, Malaysia

Ahmad Kamshah, Faizatul Akmar (2020) Knowledge and attitude towards dairy cattle udder health management among veterinary-related personnel in Selangor, Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Udder health is considered to be one of the important components under herd health programme. It is well-known that udder diseases contributed to the highest economic loss among dairy farmers. In this study, knowledge and attitude of veterinary-related personnel in Selangor were assessed in regard to their extent of udder health management opted during consultation and advisory to the farmers. Validated questionnaires were distributed to 19 individuals. Knowledge and attitude were non-satisfactory where 5.26% (1 out of 19 respondents) with good knowledge and 36.8% (7 out of 19 respondents) with good attitude on udder health management. Educational qualification between degree in veterinary medicine and diploma was seen significant towards knowledge scores meanwhile Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM)-Diploma group was significant in attitude scores among the respondents. Working experience and certainty in diagnosing disease were the most probable factor in deciding for treatment plan with 79% (15 out of 19 respondents) and 74% (14 out of 19 respondents) respectively. It was observed that educational tools on udder health management were provided to the farmers such as practical guide on udder health (57.9%) however 21.20% provided none of the tools. Milking machine and environment/housing components being agreed as the most important strategies to improve udder health. Udder diseases as the main reason for antibiotic usage was acknowledged by the majority with 84% (16 out of 19 respondents). It can be concluded that, there was association between knowledge and attitude of the veterinary-related personnel however no association proven for each socio-demographic variables.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms. Nordeena Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2023 02:09
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 02:09
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1460

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