Farmers can now use a rapid strip test kit using a test strip of paper to ascertain if their livestock have subclinical mastitis.

Subclinical mastitis is one that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but through the strip on their animal milk, farmers could make decisions on how to manage animals in terms of mastitis.

According to Dr.

Moses Olum, a scientist from the Veterinary Science Research Institute in Muguga, over time, the institute has been doing research on various diagnostic tools and also vaccine products.