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A comparison of two methods of evaluation of teat skin pathology
- Source :
- Journal of dairy science. 81(7)
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- A split-plot design with repeated measures was used to test the relationship between visual teat skin condition score, the degree of transepidermal water loss from the skin, and the colonization by Staphylococcus aureus on experimentally chapped and inoculated teats of 20 lactating Holstein cows. Visual teat skin chapping score and the number of S. aureus colonies obtained from a teat skin swab were correlated (r = 0.53). Transepidermal water loss and S. aureus count were not correlated (r = 0.02). Results indicated that visual teat skin evaluation is superior to measurements of transepidermal water loss in the prediction of the susceptibility of teat skin to colonization by S. aureus.
- Subjects :
- Veterinary medicine
Staphylococcus aureus
animal structures
Micrococcaceae
Cattle Diseases
Condition score
medicine.disease_cause
Skin Diseases
Mammary Glands, Animal
Body Water
Genetics
Medicine
Animals
Skin pathology
Mastitis, Bovine
Skin
Transepidermal water loss
integumentary system
biology
business.industry
Staphylococcal Infections
biology.organism_classification
Animal Science and Zoology
Cattle
Female
business
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00220302
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of dairy science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c3473213aa4f73be81c9265c546707de