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Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot
This study determined the impact of subclinical intramammary infections (IMIs), such as the major and minor udder pathogens (MaPs and MiPs), on the somatic cell count (SCC) in cow milk and investigated the possibilities of indirect sensing of the udder pathogens using the mastitis detection index (M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229036 |
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author | Lusis, Ivars Antane, Vita Waldmann, Andres |
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description | This study determined the impact of subclinical intramammary infections (IMIs), such as the major and minor udder pathogens (MaPs and MiPs), on the somatic cell count (SCC) in cow milk and investigated the possibilities of indirect sensing of the udder pathogens using the mastitis detection index (MDi) (DeLaval, Tumba, Sweden). The MDi incorporates quarter-level milk electrical conductivity, blood in milk, and milking interval. The case group (n = 21; MDi ≥ 1.4) was compared with the control group (n = 24; MDi < 1.4) for the presence of IMIs. The microbiological investigation of udder quarter foremilk samples was performed two times with an interval of 10 to 14 days. The case and control groups differed in terms of the occurrence of MaPs and MiPs in milk. During the continuous subclinical IMI and the episodic MaP infection, a higher SCC was detected compared with the episodic MiP infection or quarters without IMI. The novel finding of this study was that by using the milk quality sensor for the sensing of subclinical IMIs, there was an indication for the successful detection of episodic MaPs. However, the sensing of the continuous subclinical IMIs was not possible in the current study and still needs to be investigated. |
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spelling | pubmed-106754502023-11-08 Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot Lusis, Ivars Antane, Vita Waldmann, Andres Sensors (Basel) Article This study determined the impact of subclinical intramammary infections (IMIs), such as the major and minor udder pathogens (MaPs and MiPs), on the somatic cell count (SCC) in cow milk and investigated the possibilities of indirect sensing of the udder pathogens using the mastitis detection index (MDi) (DeLaval, Tumba, Sweden). The MDi incorporates quarter-level milk electrical conductivity, blood in milk, and milking interval. The case group (n = 21; MDi ≥ 1.4) was compared with the control group (n = 24; MDi < 1.4) for the presence of IMIs. The microbiological investigation of udder quarter foremilk samples was performed two times with an interval of 10 to 14 days. The case and control groups differed in terms of the occurrence of MaPs and MiPs in milk. During the continuous subclinical IMI and the episodic MaP infection, a higher SCC was detected compared with the episodic MiP infection or quarters without IMI. The novel finding of this study was that by using the milk quality sensor for the sensing of subclinical IMIs, there was an indication for the successful detection of episodic MaPs. However, the sensing of the continuous subclinical IMIs was not possible in the current study and still needs to be investigated. MDPI 2023-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10675450/ /pubmed/38005424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229036 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lusis, Ivars Antane, Vita Waldmann, Andres Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title | Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title_full | Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title_fullStr | Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title_full_unstemmed | Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title_short | Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot |
title_sort | indirect sensing of subclinical intramammary infections in dairy herds with a milking robot |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229036 |
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