Article: Mammary pathogens and their relationship to somatic cell count and milk yield losses in dairy ewes

Article: Heritability and genetic correlations of test day milk yield and ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... especially casein content). The SCC of milk is a good indicator of ... Fuertes et al., 1998), and SCC are beginning to be used in mastitis ... control programs for ewes. For dairy ewes, data on the inheritance of SCC and its relationship with milk ...

Article: Long- and short-term effects of omitting two weekend milkings on ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... with a total of 58 dairy ewes (40 Manchega and 18 ... somatic cell count (SCC; monthly). Omitting ... protein content and SCC did not vary by effect ... composition, and milk SCC values in large-cisterned dairy ewes, as observed in Lacaune ...

Article: Influence of pulsation rate on udder health and teat thickness ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... line with infection status, SCC in uninfected cows may also ... et al., 1997); however, SCC in uninfected cows is not influenced ... status and teat condition in dairy ewes. Moreover, the quantitative ... these pulsation rates influence SCC. In several works in which ...

Article: Influence of Vacuum Level and Overmilking on Udder Health and ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... affected the somatic cell count (SCC) of the milk. Teat thickness ... gland that might influence the SCC of the milk. (Key words ... increase the rate of IMI and the SCC of tank milk, mainly due to ... specific recommendations for dairy ewes (Billon et al., 2002 ...

Article: Short Communication: Antibiotic Residues in Milk Following the ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... were housed and fed with the rest of the herd. None of them had a previous history of clinical mastitis, and all ewes showed SCC less than 90,000 cells/mL before the start of the study. Ewes were machine-milked twice a day (at 0900 and 1800 h ...

Article: Effect of omission of machine stripping on milk production and ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and nonvertical teat placement in most dairy ewes, machine stripping is commonly performed ... throughput. East Friesian crossbred dairy ewes that had been machine milked and stripped ... and it is generally not practiced in dairy ewes in the Roquefort region of France, where ...

Article: Response to Lactation Induction Differs by Season of Year and ...
Journal of Dairy Science;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... differences between Manchega and Lacaune dairy ewes were observed in their response to lactation ... The response to lactation induction in dairy ewes seems to be related to their endogenous ... induction, somatotropin, milk composition, dairy ewes INTRODUCTION Hormonal induction of ...