Prevalence of Subclinical Mastitis and its Effects on Reproductive Performance in Dairy Cows during the Postpartum Period in Gasabo District, Rwanda

Mastitis is one of the most important diseases affecting production and reproductive efficiency dairy cows. The objective this study was to estimate prevalence subclinical mastitis (SCMA) its effects on performance in postpartum In a cross-sectional survey, sample cows (n = 200) within their 10-40 days milk from smallholder farms 159) were selected tested for SCMA using California Test. They classified into two groups: with (SCMA group, n 101) without (WSCMA 99). Reproductive including calving-to-first-oestrus interval (CFOI), calving-to-first service (CFSI), calving-to-conception (CCI), that remained non-pregnant, anoestrus, total number services per conception recorded 150 milk. overall 50.5%. mean CFOI significantly longer (p