Analysis of somatic cell count in the colostrum of dairy cows | Somatisko šūnu skaita analīze slaucamo govju jaunpienā
2013
Eihvalde, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture | Kairisa, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture
The somatic cell count is the main indicator of colostrum quality. The majority of somatic cells are white blood cells – leucocytes, which become present in the increasing numbers in milk usually as an immune responce to mastitis causing pathogen and a small number of epithelial cells, which are milk producing cells shed from inside of the udder. The aim of research was to estimate the somatic cell count in the colostrum of different breeds and age of cows. The research was carried out at the Latvia University of Agriculture, on the dairy farm „Līgotnes” of the Training and Research Farm „Vecauce”, from November 2009 to November 2011. There were 451 colostrum samples of 371 Red breed and 80 Holstein breed cows. The average somatic cell count (SCC) in colostrum after 12 hours was 935.3 ± 59.66 thousand mL-1. The somatic cell count was significantly higher for the first lactation cows – 1 million 115.6 thousand (P is less than 0.05). Significantly lower SCC - 435.7 thousand mLE-1 was in cows colostrum were Ig concentration was 91 is greater than mg mLE-1.
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