An illustration depicting a farmer treating a female cow for mastitis, showing different steps in the process. The text on the image is in Amharic.

Mastitis training materials

Authors
  • Mike Christian
  • Prof. Janak K. Vidanarachchi
  • Dr Solomon Hailmariam
Publication Type
Training material
Publication year
2020

The training materials are designed to help extension workers and livestock-keepers use simple, low-practices to improve udder hygiene and reduce the incidence of mastitis. 

SEBI-Livestock developed these materials in 2019-2020 based on interventions developed by Mike Christian (SEBI-Livestock consultant) and Prof. Janak K. Vidanarachchi (University of Peradeniya). The openly-licensed videos were initially tested and refined in Nigeria, and have been designed to be adapted for different users. An accompanying technical handbook provides instructions for localising the original content, including how to translate audio and subtitles. In Ethiopia, Dr Solomon Hailmariam, senior consultant to SEBI, helped adapt the content into two languages, Amharic and Oromofika. 

Training materials are free to use and adapt

There are 11 videos and 28 illustrations available to download, reuse and share. All these resources are Copyright © The University of Edinburgh, but openly licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.