Etiología, recuento celular, prevalencia de lesiones mamarias y pérdidas productivas en mamitis subclínicas con severas respuestas inflamatorias en ovino lechero

  1. B. Linage
  2. M.C. García-Jimeno
  3. M.T. Juárez
  4. F.J. Crespo
  5. C. Gonzalo
Libro:
XLII Congreso nacional y XVIII internacional de la Sociedad Española de Ovinotecnia y Caprinotecnia (SEOC)
  1. M.ª Jesús Alcalde Aldea (coord.)
  2. Ceferina Vieira Aller (coord.)
  3. Juan José García García (coord.)
  4. Valentín Pérez Pérez (coord.)
  5. Raúl Bodas Rodríguez (coord.)
  6. Jesse Barandika (coord.)

Editorial: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca ; Universidad de Salamanca

ISBN: 978-84-9012-793-3

Año de publicación: 2017

Páginas: 301-306

Congreso: Sociedad Española de Ovinotecnia y Caprinotecnia (SEOC). Jornadas (42. 2017. Salamanca)

Tipo: Aportación congreso

Resumen

Over 2016, a total of 878 ewes with somatic cell count (SCC) > 2 x 106 cells/mldistributed in 10 flocks under test-day recording scheme, were sampled (4 times/flock) tostudy their relationship with bulk tank SCC, associated mammary pathogens, udder lesionsby palpation, and milk yield losses. A significant correlation (R2 = 0.669) was recordedbetween prevalence of these ewes and bulk tank SCC in the flocks. Results evidencedisolation of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci (79.4%); followed by bacilliGram-negative, fungi and other major pathogens (4.7%); Mycoplasma agalactiae (3.3%);Corynebacterium spp. (3.3%); cocci Gram-positive catalase-negative (3.0%), and S. aureus(2.3%). Also, such ewes evidenced a high prevalence of fibrotic mammary lesions (83.3%),as well as very significant milk yield losses (22.2%) compared to ewes with low SCC. Theseresults emphasize the need to direct more attention to mastitis control, prevention andculling programs in such ewes to increase flock health and profitability.