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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. ISSN 1525-3198

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-4332

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:

Page Range:

pp. 4873-4885

Identification Number:

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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