A simulation study to investigate the added value in using differential somatic cell count as an additional indicator for udder health management in dairy herds

• Published in: Preventive veterinary medicine Vol. 182; p. 105090
• Main Authors: Gussmann, Maya, Kirkeby, Carsten, Schwarz, Daniel, Farre, Michael, Halasa, Tariq
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Animals; antibiotics; Asymptomatic Infections - therapy; bacterial culture; bioeconomics; bovine mastitis; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - microbiology; Cattle Diseases - prevention & control; Cell Count - instrumentation; Cell Count - veterinary; Dairy cattle; dairy cows; dairy herds; Dairying - statistics & numerical data; Denmark; Female; financial economics; income; Intervention; Intramammary infection; lactation; Mammary Glands, Animal - microbiology; Mastitis; Mastitis, Bovine - microbiology; Mastitis, Bovine - prevention & control; Models, Theoretical; pathogens; Simulation model; simulation models; somatic cell count; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - physiology; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - prevention & control; Streptococcal Infections - veterinary; Streptococcus - physiology; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus agalactiae - physiology; Streptococcus uberis; udders; Denmark; Intervention; Mastitis; Intramammary infection; Simulation model; Dairy cattle
• ISSN: 0167-5877; 1873-1716; 1873-1716
• DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105090

Mastitis is one of the most costly diseases in dairy herds worldwide. Somatic cell count (SCC) is widely used as an indicator for subclinical intramammary infections (IMI) that may eventually cause mastitis in dairy herds. Differential somatic cell count (DSCC) has recently been introduced as an add...