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Título: 
Analysis of the electrical conductivity in milking fractions as a mean for detecting and characterizing mastitis in goats
Autor(es): 
Instituição: 
  • Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
  • Univ Politecn Valencia
ISSN: 
0921-4488
Financiador: 
  • Ministerio de Educacion y Ciência of Spain
  • FEDER
Número do financiamento: 
Ministerio de Educacion y Ciência of Spain: AGL2006-06909
Resumo: 
The aim of the work was to study the effect of milking fraction on electrical conductivity of milk (EC) to improve its use in dairy goat mastitis detection using automatic EC measurements during milking. The experiment was carried out on a group of 84 Murciano-Granadina goats (28 primiparous and 56 multiparous). Goats were in the fourth month of lactation. A linear mixed model was used to analyse the relationship between EC or somatic cell count (SCC) of gland milk and parity, mammary gland health status, analysed fraction (first 100 mL=F-1; machine milk=F-2; and stripping milk=F-3) and their first order interactions. Additionally, the mastitis detection characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value) of SCC and EC were studied at different thresholds.All factors considered were significant for EC and SCC. EC decreased significantly as milking progressed (from F-1 to F-3) in both healthy and infected glands. EC was not significantly different between healthy and infected glands in F-1 and F-2 fractions, but EC of healthy glands (5.01 mS/cm) was significantly lower than in infected glands (5.03 mS/cm) at F-3.Mastitis detection characteristics of EC did not differ amongst studied fractions. The small significant difference of EC between healthy and infected glands obtained in F-3 fraction did not yield better sensitivity results compared to F-1 and F-2. The best EC mastitis detection characteristics were obtained at 5.20 mS/cm threshold (sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 50%). The best SCC mastitis detection characteristics were obtained at 300,000 cells/mL threshold and F-3 fraction (sensitivity of 85% and specificity of 65%).It was concluded that mastitis detection characteristics of EC were similar in the three milking fractions analysed, being slightly better for SCC in F-3 fraction. As shown in previous studies, there are no factors other than the mammary gland health status that affect milk EC and should be considered in the algorithms for mastitis detection to improve the results. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Data de publicação: 
1-Out-2012
Citação: 
Small Ruminant Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 107, n. 2-3, p. 157-163, 2012.
Duração: 
157-163
Publicador: 
Elsevier B.V.
Palavras-chaves: 
  • Goat
  • Milking fraction
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Mastitis
  • Somatic cell count
Fonte: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.05.001
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Tipo: 
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