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Herd factors affecting somatic cell count in Irish dairy herds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

P.T. Kelly ,
K. O’Sullivan ,
D.P. Berry ,
B. O’Brien ,
E.J. O’Callaghan ,
M. Rath  and
W.J. Meaney
P.T. Kelly*
Affiliation:
Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
K. O’Sullivan
Affiliation:
Statistical Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
D.P. Berry
Affiliation:
Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
B. O’Brien
Affiliation:
Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
E.J. O’Callaghan
Affiliation:
Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
M. Rath
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
W.J. Meaney
Affiliation:
Moorepark Dairy Production Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
*
Email:paddy.kelly@teagasc.ie
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The Irish milk payment system penalises against high milk somatic cell count (SCC). Previous studies have related farm management practices to herd SCC (Barkema et al., 1998); however similar study has never been undertaken in Ireland. Furthermore, these previous studies have generally been conducted in confined systems. The objective of this study was to investigate potential management factors affecting herd SCC in Irish, spring calving, grass based dairy herds.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 102
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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