Milking machine and udder health management factors associated with bulk milk somatic cell count in Uruguayan herds

Vissio, Claudina; Bouman, M.; Larriestra, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.12.011

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“…There are many factors and management practices that affect the release of milk SCC and can cause a decrease or increase in their levels as indicated in Figure-5 . Researchers over the years have found associations between various management practices adopted on dairy farms and herd SC counts [ 97 , 98 ]. It has been reviewed by many authors that some of the precautions carried out during milking procedures: Wearing gloves during milking, using automatic takeoffs, using post-milking teat dipping, milking affected cows at last, inspection of the milking system at yearly intervals, and keeping the cows to stand following milking; all practices were consistently associated with lower herd SCC.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Milk Sccmentioning

confidence: 99%

Milk somatic cells, factors influencing their release, future prospects, and practical utility in dairy animals: An overview

2018

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Milk somatic cells (SCs) are a mixture of milk-producing cells and immune cells. These cells are secreted in milk during the normal course of milking and are used as an index for estimating mammary health and milk quality of dairy animals worldwide. Milk SC is influenced by cow productivity, health, parity, lactation stage, and breed of an animal. Any change in environmental conditions, poor management practices, and also stressful conditions significantly increases the amount of SC coming in milk. Better hygiene and proper nutrition help in reducing milk SC. Milk with low SC means better milk products with a longer shelf life. The present review describes the role of SCs (both secretory and immune) in milk, their role in maintaining the integrity of the mammary gland, and factors affecting their release in milk. This information may help to reduce milk somatic cell counts (SCCs) and to establish differential SCC standards.

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Section: Factors Affecting Milk Sccmentioning

confidence: 99%

Milk somatic cells, factors influencing their release, future prospects, and practical utility in dairy animals: An overview

2018

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“…Infection status of the udder is the most important factor affecting the somatic cell count in milk (Dohoo and Meek, 1982;Vissio et al, 2018). The degree and nature of…”

Section: Udder Infectionmentioning

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Somatic Cells in Relation to Udder Health and Milk Quality-A Review

Malik¹,

Mohini²,

Mir³

et al. 2018

J. Anim. Health Prod.

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| The production of high-quality milk is a prerequisite for sustaining a profitable dairy industry. The number of somatic cells (macrophages, polymorphonuclear neutrophils, lymphocytes and epithelial cells) per mL of milk, usually called somatic cell count (SCC) is routinely used to identify subclinical mastitis and define quality standards. Elevated SCCs are associated with changes in milk composition, resulting in poor quality of milk and milk products. SCC in milk is influenced by many factors, such as animal species, milk production level, lactation stage and also the individual and environmental factors besides management practices. A threshold of <200,000 cells/mL is considered to be of the most practical value for determining the health of mammary quarter. This review aims to highlight the importance of somatic cells for improving udder health and quality of milk as well as milk products.

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“…Diseases such as foot-rot which cause significant pain in ruminants, should be targeted for eradication, as has been done in some countries (e.g., Norway [127] and Australia [128]); this is a very effective way of preventing pain and suffering. Incidence of mastitis can be prevented through good housing and hygiene management in the milking parlor as well as in bedded areas [129][130][131]. Disease prevention also comes from early treatment of the disease so as to prevent the spread of infection, reducing the number of animals affected, but also reducing the amount of time animals with the disease will experience pain.…”

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Why Pain Is Still a Welfare Issue for Farm Animals, and How Facial Expression Could Be the Answer

McLennan

2018

Agriculture

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Pain is a sensory and emotional experience that significantly affects animal welfare and has negative impacts on the economics of farming. Pain is often associated with common production diseases such as lameness and mastitis, as well as introduced to the animal through routine husbandry practices such as castration and tail docking. Farm animals are prey species which tend not to overtly express pain or weakness, making recognizing and evaluating pain incredibly difficult. Current methods of pain assessment do not provide information on what the animal is experiencing at that moment in time, only that its experience is having a long term negative impact on its behavior and biological functioning. Measures that provide reliable information about the animals' affective state in that moment are urgently required; facial expression as a pain assessment tool has this ability. Automation of the detection and analysis of facial expression is currently in development, providing further incentive to use these methods in animal welfare assessment.

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Milking machine and udder health management factors associated with bulk milk somatic cell count in Uruguayan herds

Cited by 18 publications

References 37 publications

Milk somatic cells, factors influencing their release, future prospects, and practical utility in dairy animals: An overview

Milk somatic cells, factors influencing their release, future prospects, and practical utility in dairy animals: An overview

Somatic Cells in Relation to Udder Health and Milk Quality-A Review

Why Pain Is Still a Welfare Issue for Farm Animals, and How Facial Expression Could Be the Answer

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