A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed to identify new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genes associated with mastitis resistance in Assaf sheep by using the Illumina Ovine Infinium® HD SNP BeadChip (680K). In total, 6173 records from 1894 multiparous ewes at least three test day aged between 2 7 years old were used estimate a corrected phenotype for somatic cell score (...

The aim of this review was to focus on the physiological aspects milk somatic cell count (SCC) in small ruminants (SM). SCC is an important component naturally present and generally used as indicator quality udder health producing ruminants. contains following cells: polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), macrophages, lymphocytes, many epithelial (MEC) cells, fragments, cytoplasmic particles/vesi...