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Prevalence and Ultrastructural Characteristics of Bovine Mammary Corpora Amylacea During the Lactation Cycle

Mastitis Research Laboratory, Hill Farm Research Station, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Route 1, Box 10, Homer 71040

ABSTRACT

Morphologic and histochemical study of spherical, lamellated inclusion bodies in bovine mammary parenchyma established presence of corpora amylacea. The majority (90%) were in alveolar lumina, followed by stroma (7%) and epithelium (3%). Occurrence of corpora amylacea was unrelated to lactation age, intra-mammary infection status, milk somatic cell concentration, or milk production. Quantitative analysis demonstrated a progressive increase of prevalence of these structures from the early to later stages of lactation, followed by a return during the late dry period to concentrations at early lactation. Ultrastructural study revealed deeply basophilic, dense, lamellated deposits (70%) and less dense, fibrillar deposits (30%). Dense bodies stained partially or not at all for amyloid but stained for presence of calcium salts, whereas fibrillar bodies were amyloid positive and calcium negative. Corpora amylacea were most prevalent in fully differentiated parenchymal areas (47.1 bodies/unit tissue area of 2.4 x 10⁶ µm²), less numerous in intermediately differentiated areas (23.4), and sparse in nonsecretory areas (7.1). Morphologic relationships between deposits and parenchyma suggest that corpora amylacea suppress milk secretion and flow during late lactation in isolated areas by engorging luminal spaces and clogging small ducts, leading to milk stasis and involution.

¹ Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.

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