Mammary health program and subclinical mastitis in dairy farms in Córdoba, Argentina

VISSIO, CLAUDINA; LARRIESTRA, ALEJANDRO; TURIELLO, PAULA; MANCILLA, BRENDA

Congreso; Virtual Annual Meeting; 2020

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and the application ofthe main practices on the mammary health program (MHP) and their associationwith the incidence of subclinical mastitis (SM) in dairy farms inCórdoba, Argentina. The study was conducted among producers who hadinformation about somatic cell count (SCC) of at least 6 official milkingtests during the years 2017 and 2018. Producers were invited to answeran online survey about practices and knowledge related to MHP. Once theinformation was gathered, a mixed model with repeated measurementswas run, considering as main predictors those MHP practices and includingherd size as an adjustment factor. The response variable was SM incidence,determined as the proportion of cows whose SCC increased from