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Effect of weather conditions on somatic cell score in Sicilian Valle del Belice ewes
Raffaella FinocchiaroJ.b.c.h.m. Van KaamBaldassare Portolanosubject
integumentary system040301 veterinary sciences0402 animal and dairy scienceHumidity04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesDairy sheep Mastitis Somatic cell scoreWeather effects.040201 dairy & animal sciencelanguage.human_languageWind speedWeather station0403 veterinary scienceAnimal sciencenervous systemlanguageEnvironmental scienceAnimal Science and ZoologyPrecipitationlcsh:Animal cultureSiciliantissueslcsh:SF1-1100description
Mastitis susceptibility of Valle del Belice ewes from the south of Sicily to temperature, humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, sun hours, air pressure, wind-speed and wind-direction measured by a public weather station was investigated using 65,848 test-day somatic cell score (SCS) records of 5,237 ewes. All weather parameters had an effect on SCS in a regression approach. Extreme values of maximum and minimum temperaturehumidity indices resulted in increased SCS. Higher precipitation, solar radiation and sun hours resulted in increased SCS, whereas higher air pressure and wind speed resulted in reduced SCS.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-01 | Italian Journal of Animal Science |