Title
The association between subclinical mastitis around calving and reproductive performance in grazing dairy cows
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Villa-Arcila N.A.
Sanchez J.
Ratto M.H.
Duque-Madrid P.C.
Sanchez-Arias S.
Ceballos-Marquez A.
University of Prince Edward Island
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of subclinical mastitis (SCM) on calving-to-first-service interval (CFS), calving-to-conception interval (CC), and on the number of services per conception (S/C) in grazing Holstein and Normande cows. Primiparous (n = 43) and multiparous (n = 165) cows were selected from five dairy herds. Two composite milk samples were aseptically collected from each cow at drying-off, and then every week during the first postpartum month. One sample was used for somatic cell count (SCC), and the other one for bacteriological analysis. Cows were followed up to 300 d after calving. Non-parametric and parametric survival models, and negative binomial regression were used to assess the association between SCM, evaluated by SCC and milk culture, and reproductive indices. Staphylococcus aureus, CNS, and Streptococcus uberis were the most frequent isolated pathogens. Subclinical mastitis in the first month of lactation was not associated with CFS; however, the CC interval was longer in cows with SCM compared to healthy cows, the former also had a higher number of S/C.
Start page
109
End page
117
Volume
185
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Crías y mascotas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85028403406
PubMed ID
Source
Animal Reproduction Science
ISSN of the container
03784320
Sponsor(s)
Authors want to express their gratitude to the Office of the Vice-president of Research and Postgraduate Studies of Universidad de Caldas (Colombia) for funding this study (Grant # 0182912 ). We would like to thank also to the owners and employees of dairy herds enrolled in the study for their willingness to participate, and to all members of the Research Group on Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology (CLEV) of Universidad de Caldas for their collaboration.
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