Sokoine University of Agriculture has launched an innovative research project using tree sap to treat mastitis fever in dairy animals, where it has been stated that the fever is dangerous for the animal and leads to losses for the breeder because its treatment is expensive and takes a long time as well as it causes loss of milk.
At the launch, Professor Gaymary Bakari who is the Deputy Principal, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at SUA and who is also the Project Leader, explained that the project will involve researchers from about three countries namely Congo, Canada, and Tanzania. Also in the project, other researchers from other countries will be used in testing various samples according to the availability of equipment in their countries. The researchers will also help to teach other researchers, laboratory experts as well as SUA College Students. In her explanation, Prof. Gaymary said that the launch of the project comes with the launch of herbal medicines that will reduce the medical costs of the breeders, where at the moment there has been a high cost in completing the treatment thus leading to a large extent the breeders being unable to finish the treatment of the disease due to the treatment of the disease taking a long time until its end and the breeder being unable to afford the cost and leading the animal to reduce the amount of milk in milking.
In addition, Prof. Gaymary added that if the breeders lack trust in the community by failing to pour the milk of an animal that is sick, especially during the period when it is being treated, it can cause diseases to the users of the milk and emphasized that the breeders should be honest and care about the health of others
Prof. Gaymary added that through the project, farmers will benefit by getting education from researchers from outside and inside Tanzania, while asking the breeders in the country to be ready with the results of the researchers on how to fight diseases in animals, including mastitis disease