ABSTRACT: Mastitis is an inflammatory reaction of the mammary tissue in response to the introduction and multiplication of pathogens and is characterized by increasing somatic cell count (SCC) in milk. The main objective of present study is to assess the probable associations between somatic cell (SC) levels and calcium and phosphorus and ratio of Ca/P in raw milk. Milk samples were collected f...

Periparturient cows go through a period of immune suppression often marked by cell dysfunction. Further exacerbation this dysfunction early-lactation excessive energy deficit (EED) has been associated with increased susceptibility to infectious conditions such as mastitis. Our objective was explore the association milk somatic score (SCS) and clinical mastitis (CM) diagnosis in identified EED, ...