The effect of patent Dictyocaulus viviparus (re)infections on individual milk yield and milk quality in pastured dairy cows and correlation with clinical signs

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作者
May, Katharina [1 ,2 ]
Bruegemann, Kerstin [2 ]
Koenig, Sven [2 ]
Strube, Christina [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Vet Med Hannover, Ctr Infect Med, Inst Parasitol, Buenteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany
[2] Justus Liebig Univ Giessen, Inst Anim Breeding & Genet, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
关键词
Dictyocaulus viviparus; Bovine lungworm; Larval shedding; Milk production; Milk quality; Dairy cows; Bulk tank milk; ELISA; BULK MILK; INFECTION; CATTLE; ELISA; ANTIBODIES; ASSOCIATION; VACCINATION; PREVALENCE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE;
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10.1186/s13071-017-2602-x
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Background: Infections with the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus might lead to reduced milk production and detrimental impacts on milk quality resulting in considerable economic losses in dairy farming. Methods: In the presented field study, 1988 faecal samples were collected from 1166 Black and White dairy cows allocated in 17 small and medium-sized German grassland farms. Faecal samples were collected in summer and autumn 2015 to assess D. viviparus larvae excretion. Test-day records were used to estimate the association between patent D. viviparus infections in individual cows and the milk production parameters milk yield, milk protein and milk fat content by using linear mixed models. Bulk tank milk (BTM) samples from each farm and individual milk samples from those cows which were excreting larvae in summer were collected in autumn. In addition, occurrence of the clinical symptom "coughing" was noted in individual cows during autumn sampling to determine its association with patent lungworm infections. Results: Patent D. viviparus infections were found on 23.5% (4/17) of farms with a prevalence at the individual cow level of 0.9% (9/960) in summer and 3.4% (35/1028) in autumn. No BTM sample exceeded the BTM ELISA cut-off value of 0.410 optical density ratio (ODR), the mean value was 0.168 ODR. Only one individual milk sample exceeded the individual milk ELISA cut-off value of 0.573 ODR (mean value of 0.302 ODR). A patent D. viviparus infection status was associated with a lower average daily milk yield of 1.62 kg/cow/day (P = 0.0406). No significant association was found with milk protein or fat content representing milk quality parameters. Coughing was observed in 5.9% (61/1028) of cows. Of the coughing cows, only 4.9% (3/61) had a patent lungworm infection. Fisher's exact test showed no significant difference between infected and non-infected coughing cows. Conclusions: Farmers and veterinarians should be aware that patent lungworm (re) infections in dairy cows reduce milk yield, despite the absence of clinical signs. Furthermore, if dairy cows present with coughing, other differential diagnoses need to be considered in addition to dictyocaulosis.
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