Relationship between total and differential quarter somatic cell counts at dry-off and early lactation.

Mastitis is a most common disease of dairy cows and causes tremendous economic loss to the dairy industry worldwide. Somatic cell counts (SCC) reflect the inflammatory response to infections and is a metric used as key indicator in mastitis screening programs, typically within the framework of natio...

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Main Authors: Aldo Dal Prà, Filippo Biscarini, Gian Luca Cavani, Saverio Bacchelli, Alcide Iotti, Sara Borghi, Marco Nocetti, Paolo Moroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275755