Undesirable side effects of selection for high production efficiency in farm animals: a review

WM Rauw, E Kanis, EN Noordhuizen-Stassen… - Livestock production …, 1998 - Elsevier
Genetic selection has increased production levels of livestock species considerably. However,
apart from a favourable increase in production, animals in a population that have been …

Risk factors for clinical mastitis in herds with a low bulk milk somatic cell count. 1. Data and risk factors for all cases

YH Schukken, FJ Grommers, D Van de Geer… - Journal of Dairy …, 1990 - Elsevier
The incidence rate of clinical mastitis in 125 herds with a low annual bulk milk SCC (<150,000
cells/ml) was modeled using a Poisson regression model. The rate of clinical mastitis was …

Severity of experimental Escherichia coli mastitis in ketonemic and nonketonemic dairy cows

WDJ Kremer, EN Noordhuizen-Stassen… - Journal of Dairy …, 1993 - Elsevier
The severity of experimental Escherichia coli mastitis in relation to in vitro chemotaxis of
polymorphonuclear leukocytes was investigated in cows during negative energy balance. The …

Effect of freezing on bacteriologic culturing of mastitis milk samples

YH Schukken, JAH Smit, FJ Grommers… - Journal of dairy …, 1989 - Elsevier
The objective was to determine the effect of freezing and length of freezing in a commercial
freezer on the qualitative results of bacteriologic culturing of milk collected from glands of …

Risk factors for clinical mastitis in herds with a low bulk milk somatic cell count. 2. Risk factors for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

YH Schukken, FJ Grommers, D Van de Geer… - Journal of Dairy …, 1991 - Elsevier
The incidence rate of clinical mastitis due to Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
was studied in 125 herds with a low annual bulk milk somatic cell count (<150,000 cells/ml). …

Effect of natural infection with minor pathogens on susceptibility to natural infection with major pathogens in the bovine mammary gland

T Lam, YH Schukken, JH Van Vliet… - American Journal of …, 1997 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Objective To evaluate the effect of natural udder infection with minor pathogens on subsequent
natural infection with major pathogens. Sample population 7 dairy herds with low bulk …

A randomized blind trial on dry cow antibiotic infusion in a low somatic cell count herd

YH Schukken, J Vanvliet, D Vandegeer… - Journal of Dairy …, 1993 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of administration of antibiotics to cows at
dry-off in a low SCC herd. Cows were infused at dry-off with an intramammary antibiotic on …

Animal welfare: evolution and erosion of a moral concept

FR Stafleu, FJ Grommers, J Vorstenbosch - Animal Welfare, 1996 - cambridge.org
There are many definitions of animal welfare. These do not only differ in their meaning, but
also in their function for making a broad concept accessible for scientific research. Lexical […

Incidence of clinical mastitis on farms with low somatic cell counts in bulk milk.

YH Schukken, FJ Grommers, D Van de Geer… - The Veterinary …, 1989 - europepmc.org
A total of 1140 clinical cases of mastitis, with at least one inflamed quarter, were reported on
125 farms with somatic cell counts in bulk milk less than 150,000/ml. The average annual …

Intramammary infections and risk factors for clinical mastitis in herds with low somatic cell counts in bulk milk.

YH Schukken, D Van de Geer, FJ Grommers… - The Veterinary …, 1989 - europepmc.org
A comment on this article appears in" Influence of Corynebacterium bovis on constituents of
milk and dynamics of mastitis." Vet Rec. 1989 Dec 16; 125 (25): 628. A comment on this …