Association between quarter-level milk somatic cell count and intramammary bacterial infection in late-lactation Irish grazing dairy cows

The objectives of our study were to describe quarter-level prevalence of intrammamary infection (IMI), to evaluate the performance of commonly used somatic cell count (SCC) thresholds for the diagnosis of quarter-level IMI, and to determine those with maximized sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp)...

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Main Authors: Ainhoa Valldecabres, Clare Clabby, Pat Dillon, Pablo Silva Boloña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910223000315