Nielsen, T. D. (Torben Dahl), Green, Laura E., Kudahl, Anne Braad, Østergaard, S. and Nielsen, L. R. (Liza Rosenbaum) (2012) Evaluation of milk yield losses associated with Salmonella antibodies in bulk-tank milk in bovine dairy herds. Journal of Dairy Science, Vol.95 (No.9). pp. 4873-4885. doi:10.3168/jds.2011-4332

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Abstract

The effect of Salmonella on milk production is not well established in cattle. The objective of this study was to investigate whether introduction of Salmonella into dairy cattle herds was associated with reduced milk yield and the duration of any effect. Longitudinal data from 2005 through 2009 were used, with data from 12 months before until 18 months after the estimated date of infection. Twenty-eight case herds were selected based on an increase in the level of Salmonella specific antibodies in bulk-tank milk from < 10 corrected optic density percentage (ODC%) to ≥ 70 ODC% between two consecutive 3-monthly measurements in the Danish Salmonella surveillance program. All selected case herds were conventional Danish Holstein herds. Control herds (n = 40) were selected randomly from Danish Holstein herds with Salmonella antibody levels consistently < 10
ODC%. A date of herd infection was randomly allocated to the control herds. Hierarchical mixed effect models with the outcome test day energy corrected milk yield (ECM)/cow were used to investigate the daily milk yield before and after the estimated herd infection date for cows in parity 1, 2 and 3+. Control herds were used to evaluate whether the effects in the case herds could be reproduced in herds without Salmonella infection. Herd size, days in milk, somatic cell count, season, and year were included in the models. The key results were that first parity cow yield was reduced by a mean of 1.4 kg (95% CI: 0.5 to 2.3) ECM/cow per day from seven to 15 months after the estimated herd infection date, compared with first parity cows in the same herds in the 12 months before the estimated herd infection date. Yield for parity 3+ was reduced by a mean of 3.0 kg (95% CI: 1.3 to 4.8) ECM/cow per day from seven to 15 months after herd infection compared with parity 3+ cows in the 12 months before the estimated herd infection. There were minor differences in yield in second parity cows before and after herd infection, and no difference between cows in control herds before and after the simulated infection date. There was a significant drop in milk yield in affected herds and the reduction was detectable several months after the increase in bulk-tank milk Salmonella antibodies. It took more than a year for milk yield to return to pre- infection levels.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Alternative Title:	Milk yield and Salmonella in dairy herds
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Salmonella infections in animals, Cattle -- Infections, Milk yield
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Dairy Science
Publisher:	Elsevier Science BV
ISSN:	1525-3198
Official Date:	September 2012
Dates:	Date Event September 2012 Published
Volume:	Vol.95
Number:	No.9
Number of Pages:	12
Page Range:	pp. 4873-4885
DOI:	10.3168/jds.2011-4332
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Københavns universitet. Biovidenskabelige fakultet, Danish Cattle Federation

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