期刊
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
卷 180, 期 3-4, 页码 237-242出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.009
关键词
Fasciola hepatica; Dairy cattle; Milk immunodiagnosis; Production losses
资金
- Conselleria de Economia e Industria [07MRU039503PR]
- Conselleria do Medio Rural [FEADER 2007-05]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [AGL-2010-22290-C03]
This study was conducted to determine: (1) the associations between anti-Fasciola hepatica antibody levels in milk and some productive and reproductive parameters in dairy cattle, and (2) the threshold antibody level associated with loss of productivity, at both herd and individual level. Anti-F. hepatica antibodies were analysed by MM3-SERO ELISA in milk samples from the bulk tanks of 490 dairy farms and from 686 lactating cows. The results of general linear model analysis revealed a significant (P < 0.05) negative association between the F. hepatica infection status at herd level, determined by analysis of specific antibodies in bulk tank milk, and the average herd milk production. Highly positive herds (MM3-SERO ELISA result > 0.405) produced an average of 1.5 kg milk/cow per day less than the negative herds. At cow-level, the mixed model analysis also revealed a significant (P < 0.05) association between anti-F. hepatica antibody levels and milk yield. A significant (P < 0.05) average reduction of 2 kg milk/day was observed in cows with highly positive ELISA results (> 0.762) in relation to cows with negative results. The results of the study led us to conclude that MM3-SERO ELISA is a powerful tool that can be successfully applied, if appropriate economic thresholds are established, to identify herds and cows suffering from milk production losses associated with natural infection by F. hepatica. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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