Influence of hygiene status of cows on somatic cell count and milk components during summer season

Erdem H., Okuyucu I. C.

LARGE ANIMAL REVIEW, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.7-10, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: LARGE ANIMAL REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-10
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cow, Hygiene, Management, Milk composition, Milk quality, SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS, RISK-FACTORS, DAIRY-COWS, HOLSTEIN, QUALITY, HEALTH, YIELD, UDDER, FAT
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction - Keeping cows in clean and healthy condition is one of the most important management practices for obtaining quality milk. Therefore, cleaning and hygiene processes have great importance for dairy farms. Although the bacterial count of raw milk has been accepted as the most reliable parameter, somatic cell count (SCC) has widely been used to detect milk quality or mastitis. In addition, hygiene score (HS) scales are used to determine cow hygiene status. Many publications are available on milk SCC in dairy cows. However, the number of studies on the association of HS with SCC and milk components in dairy cows has been limited. Therefore, further investigations are required to determine the effect of HS on SCC and milk components in dairy cows.