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Genetic parameters for somatic cell count for three dairy breeds in the united kingdom (uk)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R A Mrode ,
G J T Swanson  and
M S Winters
R A Mrode
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Lavrock Lane, Rickmansworth, Herts
G J T Swanson
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Lavrock Lane, Rickmansworth, Herts
M S Winters
Affiliation:
Animal Data Centre Lavrock Lane, Rickmansworth, Herts
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Mastitis constitutes a major source of economic loss in the national dairy herd. Although good management practices can produce a major reduction in mastitis, there is considerable interest in the reduction of mastitis through breeding. Somatic cell counts (SCC) have been used as a way of indirectly measuring sub-clinical mastitis within a herd. Since 1991, average cell count is obtained for all herds and this is used to adjust milk payments.

Milk recording organisations introduced a cow cell count service in 1990. The data are now available for the preliminary analysis of the usefulness of somatic cell counts. The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for SCC for three major breeds in the UK.

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Genetics & Cattle Improvement
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1995 , March 1995 , pp. 128
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995

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