Genre
- Conference Proceedings
The value of herd somatic cell counts (SCC) in evaluating mastitis control programmes is pointed out; in conjunction with DHIA measures, a herd SCC programme should enable farmers to maintain SCC at less than 500 000/ml in 90% of cows. High individual cow SCC are discussed as indicators for culling, early drying-off, and milk culture and antibiotics sensitivity testing, but traditional mastitis therapy based only on high SCC is not recommended..
SO: 21st-Annual-Meeting-National-Mastitis-Council,-Inc. 1982; 82-86; CF: 21st Annual Meeting. National Mastitis Council, Inc.; RE: 4 ref.; SC: ZA; CA; VE; BE; 0D
Source type: Electronic(1)
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Language
- English
Subjects
- detection
- National Mastitis Council
- cows
- female animals
- ruminants
- animals
- controls
- Mastitis
- Parasites Vectors Pathogens and Biogenic Diseases of Animals
- North America
- America
- Chordata
- Artiodactyla
- Bovidae
- milk
- ungulates
- mammals
- vertebrates
- leukocyte count
- USA
- Bos
- cattle