PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF DAIRY CATTLE AND SOMATIC CELLS COUNT CLASS VERSUS LEVEL OF PLASMA MALONYLODIALDEHYDE
2008, 9 (2) p. 373-376
BOGNA KOWALISZYN, Beata SITKOWSKA, SŁAWOMIR MROCZKOWSKI
Abstract
The research involved 80 cows being in 2 physiological states: near the end of lactation (approximately 2 months before delivery) (N=40), and one month after calving. In plasma was established MDA level (malonylodialdehyde) and in milk SCC (Somatic Cells Count). The MDA level in plasma in groups of calved and non-calved cows remained at a similar level. It was found that a statistically signifi cant MDA level (p≤0,05) was present in milk from non-calved cows – with somatic cells count below 400,000 per ml during test milking, as compared to cows producing milk with somatic cells count of over 400,000 per ml.
Keywords
mda, physiological state, scc, dairy cattle
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