FACTORS AFFECTING MILK SOMATIC CELL COUNT IN PRIMIPAROUS cows OF NORTHERN ITALY DAIRY FARMS

摘要

Improve milk quality for Italian dairy farmers assume a very important role according to dairy market rules. Herd management, applied biosafety measures and milking hygienic routine play a strong influence on hygienic milk quality. Economic trend in dairy market force dairy farmers to improve milk quality to stay economically competitive. Purposes of this study were to control individual milk somatic cell count (SCC) in heifers during entire lactation and to determine some environmental or managing risk factors eventually associated.