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Subclinical mastitis in problem herds in Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

D N Logue ,
J Gunn  and
D Fenlon
D N Logue
Affiliation:
Dairy Herd Health Unit, SAC Vet Services, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 5HW
J Gunn
Affiliation:
Dairy Herd Health Unit, SAC Vet Services, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 5HW
D Fenlon
Affiliation:
SAC Aberdeen and D Arnot, SAC Auchincruive, Ayr
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The recent introduction of penalties and premiums for bulk tank somatic cell counts (BTSCC) following the EC Directive of 5th August 1985 (no L 226/13) and subsequent EC Regulation of the 5th February 1990 (no COM(89)667) has reinforced the need for a greater awareness of the factors involved in herds with high BTSCC figures and their rapid identification. In the past a number of surveys have been conducted examining the major causes of mastitis in a cross section of the national herd (Wilson & Richards 1980) and these have demonstrated the importance of subclinical mastitis and in particular the so-called ‘cow-side organisms’, however more recently the impact of acute environmental mastitis has been of greater concern (Wilesmith Francis & Wilson 1986). Thus a reappraisal of priorities has become necessary, not least because these E C Regulations allow the sale of unpasteurised milk and milk products.

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Dairy Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 118
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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