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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 81 No. 7 1904-1909
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A Comparison of Two Methods of Evaluation of Teat Skin Pathology

J. E. Burmeister 1, L. K. Fox 2, J. K. Hillers 3, and D. D. Hancock 1

1 Field Disease Investigation Unit, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
2 Field Disease Investigation Unit and Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
3 Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164

A split-plot design with repeated measures was used to test the relationship between visual teat skin condition score, the degree of transepidermal water loss from the skin, and the colonization by Staphylococcus aureus on experimentally chapped and inoculated teats of 20 lactating Holstein cows. Visual teat skin chapping score and the number of S. aureus colonies obtained from a teat skin swab were correlated (r = 0.53). Transepidermal water loss and S. aureus count were not correlated (r = 0.02). Results indicated that visual teat skin evaluation is superior to measurements of transepidermal water loss in the prediction of the susceptibility of teat skin to colonization by S. aureus.

Key Words: teat chapping • skin colonization • Staphylococcus aureus

Submitted on October 14, 1997
Accepted on March 13, 1998




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