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Table 4 Number and proportion of the cows culled with mastitis as the reported culling reason in the study group and the control group, and the most common pathogens detected alone in the milk samples of the cows in the study group during the same year

From: Bacteriological etiology and treatment of mastitis in Finnish dairy herds

 

2010

2011

2012

Number of culled cows

%

Number of culled cows

%

Number of culled cows

%

Study group

3048

50.1a

4461

49.6a

4599

47.9a

 CNS

581

19.1b

949

21.3b

866

18.8b

  Staphylococcus aureus

888

29.1b

1383

31.0b

1239

26.9b

  Streptococcus uberis

210

6.9b

336

7.5b

294

6.4b

  Streptococcus dysgalactiae

168

5.5b

303

6.8b

221

4.8b

  Corynebacterium bovis

143

4.7b

225

5.0b

197

4.3b

  Escherichia coli

148

4.9b

238

5.3b

222

4.8b

Control group

7825

19.9a

6953

18.0a

6455

16.8a

  1. aProportion of cows from the total number of cows culled and culling reason reported in study group and in control group, respectively
  2. bProportion of cows having the respective pathogen in their milk sample from the total number of culled cows in study group