Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland
Marcel Gomes Paixão,
Renata Golin Bueno Costa,
Guilherme Nunes de Souza
et al.
Abstract:Context The hypothesis of interdependency among cows’ mammary glands has been shown, and quarters adjacent to glands with clinical mastitis may have their composition and health status impaired. Aims The main focus of this study was to compare foremilk composition (fat, total protein, lactose, solids non-fat (SNF), and chloride) and health status (somatic cell count (SCC), differential leukocytes) of healthy mammary glands adjacent to a gland previously treated (on average, 24 days after treatment, var… Show more
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