The Identification of Management Factors Associated With Changes in Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts (BTSCC)

Authors

  • W. J. Goodger Department of Medical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  • T. Farver Department of Epidemiology and preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616
  • P. Johnson Department of Statistics, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616
  • G. DeSnayer Department of Preventive medicine and Obstetrics, Rijkuniversiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
  • J. Galland Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926655

Keywords:

milking management, scoring instrument, management practices, udder health

Abstract

In previous work, Goodger1 developed and validated a milking management scoring instrument which included 48 individual management variables in 12 categories. This model of management practices was tested to establish that it reflected general expert opinion regarding practices which represent milking management and that there was reliability among users of the scoring instrument. The purpose of this study was to further refine the 48-measure milking management instrument and to explore the instrument's ability to account for changes in and interactions among management practices and udder health over time.

Cover image of the Third Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 3

Section

Mastitis