Differential cell count as an alternative method to diagnose dairy cow mastitis

Alternative Method for Determination of Milk Somatic Cell Count in Dairy Cow

Introduction Milk somatic cell count is considered as an indicator for raw milk quality and udder health status in dairy cows (4, 6). Many approaches have been made to determine milk somatic cell counts in dairy cow and goat both in the field and laboratory including California Mastitis Test (CMT, a cow side test), Fossomatic cell count (FSCC), and Direct Microscopic Count (DMC) (1,7). These co...

Test used to Diagnose Mastitis on Dairy Farms

Abdominal subcutaneous fat aspiration--an alternative method to diagnose amyloidosis.

A middle aged lady presented with clinical manifestations of primary amyloidosis which included amyloid cardiomyopathy. There was failure to confirm the diagnosis of amyloidosis with biopsies from rectal and tongue tissues. Fat tissue obtained from abdominal subcutaneous fat aspiration eventually demonstrated the presence of amyloid.

Evaluation of corn germ from ethanol production as an alternative fat source in dairy cow diets.

Sixteen multiparous cows (12 Holstein and 4 Brown Swiss, 132 +/- 20 d in milk) were used in a replicated 4 x 4 Latin square design with 4-wk periods to determine the effects of feeding corn germ on dairy cow performance. Diets were formulated with increasing concentrations of corn germ (Dakota Germ, Poet Nutrition, Sioux Falls, SD) at 0, 7, 14, and 21% of the diet dry matter (DM). All diets had...

Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...