Somatic cell count as an indicator of subclinical mastitis and increased inflammatory response in asymptomatic lactating women

ABSTRACT Subclinical mastitis is an asymptomatic inflammatory condition that can be difficult to define and diagnose. In the dairy industry, subclinical mastitis is diagnosed by milk somatic cell counts (SCCs) of ≥250,000 cells mL−1. In this pilot study, we assessed the efficacy of this index to ide...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Angeliki Angelopoulou, Hugh M. B. Harris, Alicja K. Warda, Carol-Anne O'Shea, Aonghus Lavelle, C. Anthony Ryan, Eugene Dempsey, Catherine Stanton, Colin Hill, R. Paul Ross
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-10-01
Subjects:	subclinical mastitis clinical mastitis somatic cells somatic cell counts breastfeeding breast milk
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04051-23