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Changes in milk L-lactate, lactate dehydrogenase, serum albumin, and IgG during milk ejection and their association with somatic cell count

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2014

Mirjam Lehmann ,
Samantha K Wall ,
Olga Wellnitz  and
Rupert M Bruckmaier
Mirjam Lehmann
Affiliation:
Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
Samantha K Wall
Affiliation:
Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
Olga Wellnitz
Affiliation:
Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
Rupert M Bruckmaier*
Affiliation:
Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In both conventional and automatic milking systems (AMS), sensitive and reliable mastitis detection is important for profitable milk production. Mastitis detection parameters must be able to detect mastitis when the somatic cell count (SCC) is only slightly elevated. Owing to the pre-milking teat cleaning process in AMS, sampling cannot take place before the occurrence of alveolar milk ejection and importantly, this can affect the ability of parameters to detect mastitis. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of alveolar milk ejection on l-lactate, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum albumin (SA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) compared with SCC, a commonly used indicator of mastitis. In this experiment, milk samples were collected every 20 s from one quarter during a 120-s manual teat stimulation in ten cows. Samples were analysed for SCC, l-lactate, LDH, SA and IgG. Quarters were grouped by low (<5·0 log10 cells/ml), mid (5·0–5·7 log10 cells/ml), and high (>5·7 log10 cells/ml) SCC using the sample at t=0 s. Neither l-lactate nor LDH could statistically differentiate between low and mid-SCC quarters, but there were a significant difference in levels between the high-SCC quarters and low and mid-SCC quarters. SA could not differentiate between the low and mid-SCC quarters, but the SA levels for the high SCC quarters remained statistically different compared with low and mid-SCC quarters throughout the experiment. IgG could statistically differentiate between low and mid-SCC, although the high-SCC quarters were not statistically different from the mid-SCC quarters after 60 s. In the high-SCC quarters, a decrease was shown in all parameters during milk ejection, after t=60 s. In conclusion, alveolar milk ejection reduces the effectiveness of detection parameters when compared with SCC. With the exception of IgG, the ability of other tested parameters was not satisfactory to differentiate between quarters with low to mid-SCC levels

Keywords

Mastitis indicatorL-lactateLDHSAIgGalveolar milk ejection
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , May 2015 , pp. 129 - 134
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2014 

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