Characteristics of mammary secretions collected from infected and uninfected primigravid dairy heifer mammary glands

ABSTRACT: Intramammary infections (IMI) in primigravid dairy heifers can affect mammary growth and development, which can reduce first-lactation milk yield. Detection of IMI in heifers most often involves the use of culture-based methods that are not often used in production dairy settings given the...

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Published in:	Journal of Dairy Science
Main Authors:	L.R. Larsen, L.E. Moraes, B.D. Enger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-09-01
Subjects:	mastitis heifer mastitis viscosity somatic cell count
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222004039