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Progressive changes in individual milk protein concentrations associated with high somatic cell counts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

M. Anderson
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT
A. T. Andrews
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT

Summary

Progressive changes in the concentrations of milk protein components were followed after infusions of Streptococcus agalactiae or bacterial endotoxin into different quarters of individual cows. Both types of infusion produced similar increases in somatic cell count and resulted in similar changes in milk proteins, although the effects of the endotoxin infusion lasted for a shorter length of time.

The treatments had little effect on α-lactalbumin and β-lactoglobin concentrations, but serum albumin and immunoglobulin (Ig) concentrations increased markedly. The greatest effect on serum albumin was after the endotoxin infusion and on Ig after the Str. agalactiae infusion. Changes in the individual globulins indicated that passive transfer of blood proteins to milk could not account for the observed increases in IgM and IgA.

αs1-Casein and β-casein concentrations were reduced and inversely related to somatic cell count during the immediate post-infusion period, and this was accompanied by an increase in para-κ-casein. Para-κ-casein was not detected in pre-infusion or post-recovery milk samples. The decrease in β-casein was greater than that of αs1-casein. Casein concentrations returned to pre-infusion levels 2 d and 5 d after the endotoxin and Str. agalactiae infusions respectively.

The possibility that proteolytic enzymes are partly responsible for the changes in casein concentration is discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1977

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