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The Impact of Breed, Parity, and Calving Season on Somatic Cell Score in Dairy Cattle

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Last updated: 08 Feb 2025

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Animal Production

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the impact of breed, parity, and calving season on somatic cell score (SCS) in dairy cattle. Data was collected from 3,333 lactating cows, including 810 pure Holstein cows and 2,523 crossbred cows (Holstein pure with European breeds). Milk samples were taken monthly during morning milking sessions across four seasons within the period from 2002 to 2017. A General Linear Model (GLM) was applied to assess the effects of these factors on SCS. The results indicated that SCS was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) in cows with higher parity and was high in crossbreds compared to Holsteins (P = 0.0460). However, there was no significant effect of calving season on SCS.  Additionally, weak negative phenotypic correlations were observed between SCS and milk (-0.09379), fat (-0.06733), and protein (-0.07158) yields. Based on these findings, dairy farmers and researchers can consider parity as a key factor to improve milk quality, udder health, and overall productivity in dairy cattle operations.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2024.323369.1409

Keywords

breed, Calving season, parity, phenotypic correlation, somatic cell score

Authors

First Name

Nisreen

Last Name

Othman

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Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71515, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

nisreen_othman@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0009-0001-9165-4389

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mousa

MiddleName

S. M.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71515, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.mousa@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Jalal

Last Name

Abd El-Hafez

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71515, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

galal.abdelhafez@agr.au.edu.eg

City

Assiut,

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

M.A.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 71515, Assiut, Egypt.

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ahmed.hussien1@agr.aun.edu.eg

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Assiut

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Volume

56

Article Issue

1

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52760

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-09-24

Publish Date

2025-01-03

Page Start

78

Page End

87

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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62

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Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Impact of Breed, Parity, and Calving Season on Somatic Cell Score in Dairy Cattle

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08 Feb 2025