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. 2006 Apr;53(3):140-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00794.x.

A study of dry cow therapy and effects on SCC in 10 Irish dairy herds

D J Barrett  1 , T Clegg, A M Healy, M L Doherty
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A study of dry cow therapy and effects on SCC in 10 Irish dairy herds

D J Barrett et al. J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

Somatic cell count (SCC) data for 480 cows in 10 Irish dairy herds from January 2001 until June 2002 were analysed. Herds were selected on the basis of a recent or ongoing history of clinical or subclinical mastitis. An individual cow SCC of 200 000 cells per ml was used as the threshold for elevation of SCC. The duration of elevated SCC prior to drying-off and the magnitude of the elevation in SCC were found to have an impact on the response to dry cow therapy (DCT). A trend also emerged indicating that increasing parity had a negative influence on the response to DCT.

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