RT Journal Article
T1 The main factors affecting somatic cell count in organic dairy farming
A1 Orjales Galdo, Inmaculada
A1 López Alonso, María Marta
A1 Miranda Castañón, Marta Inés
A1 Rodríguez Bermúdez, Ruth
A1 Rey Crespo, Francisco
A1 Villar, Ana
K1 Management factors
K1 Udder health
K1 Organic
K1 Dairy production
K1 SSC
AB Preventive management practices are essential for maintaining acceptable udder health status, especially in organic farming, inwhich the use of antimicrobials is restricted. The contribution of the following factors to somatic cell count (SCC) was assessed in788 cows from 15 organically reared herds in northern Spain: milk production, lactation number, treatments applied, selective dry cowtherapy and teat dipping routines. The data were examined by linear logistic regression. Lactation number was the main factor affectinglogSCC (β= 0.339, p<0.001) followed in order of importance by milk production (β= -0.205, p<0.001), use of alternative treatments(β=0.153, p<0.001), selective dry cow therapy (β=0.120, p=0.005) and teat dipping routines (β=-0.076, p=0.028). However, the modelonly explained 17.0% of the total variation in SCC. This variable depends on factors other than those considered here, amongst whichudder infection is probably one of the most important. Nonetheless, the study findings enabled us to determine the contribution of themain management factors that should be taken into account to improve udder health status on organic farms.
PB Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)
SN 1695-971X
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22537
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22537
LA eng
NO Galdo, I. O., Alonso, M. M. L., Castañón, M. I. M., Bermúdez, R. R., Crespo, F. R., & Bonet, A. V. (2017). The main factors affecting somatic cell count in organic dairy farming. Spanish journal of agricultural research, 15(4), 17.
NO Spanish Government (AGL2010-21026); Centro Tecnológico Agroalimentario de Lugo, Spain (CETAL); IO is in receipt of a FPU fellowship (Ref. FPU14/01473) from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026