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To maximize the success of the shipment of this product, the Nepalese dairy farms would need to become educated about mastitis detection (Ng et al, 2010). Mastitis can be identified by swelling, heat, redness or pain in the udder and white watery appearance, as well as flakes or clots in the milk (Sudhan et al, 2010). These symptoms may not be identified by Nepalese farmers if they do not receive education about how to identify mastitis (Ng et al, 2010). There are dairy organizations in Nepal, including the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) (Seeegrs, 2003). The NDDB was created to help further the dairy industry in Nepal in regards to milk quality (Seegers, 2003). Establishing a system to help farmers in Nepal with mastitis detection would make the export of blue strip cups more profitable and make the product effective.
Marketing to the Nepalese farmers is important to ensure that the product is successful. The larger dairy farms in Nepal should be marketed to first, since they have more knowledge about the dairy industry, are more innovative, and know more about dairy diseases (Bryld, 2003). Then, the product would be well-known in Nepal and the small-scale farmers would gain more knowledge about the product.
Future Studies
The implementation of the blue strip cups would help farmers detect mastitis in their cows and buffalos. This would require educating the farmers about how to recognize signs of mastitis while pre-stripping. The next step in mastitis prevention would be to establish a way to treat mastitis in cows and buffalos. A product that treats mastitis is called cefa-lak (Schering, 2006). Cefa-lak is an antibiotic treatment for bovine mastitis caused by bacteria strains (Schering, 2006). The treatment is in the form of a tube and costs $3.59 per tube (Schering, 2006).
If Nepal adopts this method of filtering milk to detect mastitis early in cows and buffalos, a future study would need to be conducted to determine how much the cases of unclean milk and mastitis have decreased. This study would have to be conducted by a dairy organization in Nepal, such as the Dairy Development Corporation that brings the milk from the farmer to the market. The milk in Nepal lacks quality and the decrease in mastitis would help improve quality (Seegers, 2003). When the corporation picks up milk from farms, it would be convenient to take a sample of milk and have it tested for quality. The information collected from these tests would provide an overview of how effective the use of strip cups has been.