Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated from Milk of Goats with Subclinical Mastitis in Thika East Subcounty, Kenya

Table 2

Effect of breed, age, and lactation stage on prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy goats in Thika East Subcounty as identified by CMT.

Risk factor	Proportion positive	Prevalence of mastitis ()
Breed
German alpine	6/9	66.7
Crosses	26/46	56.5
Toggenburg	10/20	50
Others	5/10	50
Kenyan alpine	9/25	36
Age (yrs)
1	2/3	67
2	18/39	46
3	19/38	50
4 and above	17/30	57
Lactation stage
Early	14/18	78
Mid	16/39	41
Late	26/53	49

Early: 1 day-3 months, mid: 3-6 months, and late: >6 months.