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Temporal patterns of lost milk production following clinical mastitis in a large Michigan Holstein herd.
- Source :
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Journal of dairy science [J Dairy Sci] 1991 May; Vol. 74 (5), pp. 1561-72. - Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- Cows with three hundred and sixteen cases of clinical mastitis were sampled by microbiologic culture during a 6-mo period on a 1700-cow Michigan Holstein dairy farm. Daily milk weights were obtained on all cows before clinical onset and for 60 d after onset. Predicted post-mastitis production, projected on the basis of premastitis production and the lactation curves of contemporary non-mastitic herdmates, was compared with actual daily milk production during the 60 d following clinical onset. Cows experiencing clinical mastitis produced approximately 341 kg less salable milk during the 60 d after clinical onset compared with projected production. This milk loss included both decreased production and milk withheld from market following antibiotic treatment. Pluriparous cows lost 2.06 times as much milk as first lactation cows, and cows with mastitis occurring before 150 d in lactation lost 1.40 times as much milk when compared with other cows. Cows with mastitis occurring in the winter showed a milk loss 1.37 times greater than cows with mastitis in summer. The identity of the mastitis agent isolated from the clinical case was not strongly associated with the drop in milk production in the 60 d following clinical onset.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Cattle
Escherichia coli Infections economics
Escherichia coli Infections physiopathology
Escherichia coli Infections veterinary
Female
Linear Models
Mastitis, Bovine economics
Michigan
Pseudomonas Infections economics
Pseudomonas Infections physiopathology
Pseudomonas Infections veterinary
Seasons
Staphylococcal Infections economics
Staphylococcal Infections physiopathology
Staphylococcal Infections veterinary
Streptococcal Infections economics
Streptococcal Infections physiopathology
Streptococcal Infections veterinary
Lactation
Mastitis, Bovine physiopathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-0302
- Volume :
- 74
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of dairy science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1880266
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78318-5