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WHAT ARE SOMATIC CELLS? |
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Germs |
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Cows are exposed to mastitis causing bacteria in pens or in the milking parlor |
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These germs make it to colonize the teat end and enter the udder |
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Germs |
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Germs ascend to the healthy alveolus of the gland to establish infection. |
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Blood with nutrients |
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Blood with nutrients and WBC |
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WBC sent to fight the germs |
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White Blood Cells (somatic cells) are sent to the infected tissue to fight the germs, thereby, they become a component in the milk of mastitis cows. |
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Developed by Humberto Rivera, MS., supported by the program “A Mexican-U.S. Dairyland Partnership Between Queretaro and Wisconsin: Dairy Training Research, and Extension for Economic Development and Trade”. |
