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MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Animal Production Research, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland
Corresponding author: Minna Koivula; e-mail: minna.koivula{at}mtt.fi.
This paper studies whether cows with originally lower somatic cell count (SCC) are more susceptible to clinical mastitis (CM) than cows with higher somatic cell count, and evaluates the correlations between CM, SCC, and milk yield. Data were extracted from the Finnish national milk-recording database and from the health recording system. First and second lactation records of 87,861 Ayrshire cows calving between January 1998 and December 2000 were included. Traits studied were incidence of CM, test-day SCC, and test-day milk yield before and following CM. Genetic parameters were estimated using multitrait REML with a sire model. Results did not indicate that cows with genetically low SCC would be more susceptible to CM. The genetic correlation between CM in the first and second lactation was reasonably high (0.73), suggesting that susceptibility to mastitis remains similar across lactations. The genetic correlation between CM and milk yield traits was positive (from 0.38 to 0.56), confirming the genetic antagonism between production and udder health traits. The genetic correlation between SCC and milk was positive in the first lactation, but negative, or near zero in the second lactation. This indicates that breeding for lower SCC might not affect milk production in later lactations. The results of this study support the use of SCC as an indicator of mastitis and a tool for selection for mastitis resistance.
Key Words: somatic cell count • mastitis • genetic correlation • milk yield
Abbreviation key: CM = clinical mastitis
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