Quarter Milking for Improved Detection of Increased SCC

• Published in: Reproduction in domestic animals Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 427 - 432
• Main Authors: Berglund, I, Pettersson, G, Östensson, K, Svennersten-Sjaunja, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell Science
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cattle; Cell Count - veterinary; Cellular biology; Dairying; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Lactation; Lactose; Mammalian reproduction. General aspects; Mammary Glands, Animal - physiology; Mastitis, Bovine - diagnosis; Mastitis, Bovine - pathology; Milk; Milk - cytology; Nutrition; Sampling; Vertebrates: reproduction; Detection; Vertebrata; Mammalia

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether milk composition and milk yield are changed in relation to a moderate increase in milk somatic cell count (SCC) in separate udder quarters. During a period of 13 weeks, 4158 bulk quarter milk samples from 68 cows were collected and analysed for...