Variable

Frequency of response by dairy farmers

Scale/action

Kapeke

Town Council

Rwamatta

Hygiene status Udder hygiene Milking practice

Cleanliness of resting area

Good

0

2

1

Fair

0

2

0

Poor

2

3

2

Personal hygiene

Good

1

4

1

Fair

1

0

0

Poor

0

3

2

Dirty

1

4

2

Relatively clean

1

3

1

Use of cleaning towel

0

0

0

Fore-striping

2

2

2

Teat pulling

2

7

3

Calf stimulation

2

7

3

Hand milking

0

0

0

Disinfection of milking equipment

0

0

0

Mastitis prevention

Teat dipping

0

0

0

Dry cow therapy

0

0

0

Drug types

Multiject^®

2

7

3

Duofast^®

1

0

0

Gentamast^®

0

0

1

Tetracycline

2

2

2

Who treats mastitic cows

Herdsman

2

4

0

Area veterinarian

2

4

0

Farmer

0

4

3

What happens to the milk during drug withdrawal period

Home use

2

4

0

Feed to the dogs

0

1

3

Sold

0

2

0

Poured away

0

1

1