Variation in somatic cell counts of milk samples from individual cows [mastitis control]
1979
Syrstad, O. | Roen, I. (Norges Landbrukshoegskole, Aas. Dept. of Animal Genetics and Breeding)
Variation in somatic cell counts of milk samples from individual cows. Acta vet. scand. 1979, 20, 555-561. Somatic cell counts of 2570 milk samples from 765 cows collected bimonthly from November 1975 to May 1976 were transformed to logarithmic values and analysed statistically. Components of variance were estimated as follows: Herds 0.033 (13 per cent), age groups 0.021 (8 per cent), cows (within herds and age groups) 0.080 (31 per cent), months 0.014 (6 per cent), residual 0.107 (42 per cent). Correction of actual cell counts for the influence of milk yield on the day of sampling led to only small changes in the magnitude of the various components. The coefficient of correlation between samples from the same cow was computed as 0.60 when the samples were from the same lactation, and 0.37 for samples from consecutive lactations. The proportionately small variation among herds as compared to the variation among cows of the same herd throws doubt on the efficiency of cell counting in samples of herd milk as a way of identifying cows with high cell counts.
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