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| Author(s): |
Arlei Coldebella
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2003-12-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Paulo Fernando Machado;
Clarice Garcia Borges Demetrio;
João Walter Dürr;
Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Junior;
Marcos Veiga dos Santos
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| Advisor: | Paulo Fernando Machado; Clarice Garcia Borges Demetrio |
| Abstract | |
The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether milk yield losses due to increasing in milk somatic cells count (SCC) are proportional to milk yield (dependent of it), or absolute (independent of it). Also, it was investigated starting from which value of SCC the losses become evident. To achieve the objective of this research, two studies were done. In the first one, 7,756 observations were used, collected monthly from a single herd, from September/2000 up to June/2002, while in the second one, 13,725 observations were used, collected monthly from 6 herds, from January/2001 up to June/2002. In both cases, the analysis model for lactation curve was based upon the incomplete gamma function; in the first study the effects of lactation order, calving season, peripartum disorder incidence and body condition score at calving were considered, and in the second one, the effects of lactation order, calving season and herd were added. Somatic cells count entered in that model in two ways: as multiplicative factor (representing relative losses) and as additive factor (representing absolute losses). The best model was chosen based on the information criteria of Schwarz (BIC). In both studies, it was concluded that losses are absolute and just vary with the lactation order (primiparous and multiparous cows). In the first case, losses become evident starting from 14,270 cells/mL, and for each unitary increase in the natural logarithm scale from that value, there are losses of 184 and 869 g/day for primiparous and multiparous cows, respectively. In the second study, it was estimated that losses start from 17,000 cells/mL and are of 238 and 868 g/day for primiparous and multiparous cows, respectively, for each unitary increase in the natural logarithm scale from that value. (AU) | |