Relation between glutathione peroxidase enzyme and somatic cell count in bovine mastitis
Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between milk and blood glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, casein concentration and somatic cell count (SCC) in cows and buffaloes with subclinical mastitis. Following these tests carried out on 44 lactating cows, 10 out of them were classified as control and 38 buffaloes 10 of them were control. Comparative analysis of GPx activity in milk revealed significant differences , the average of this parameter is higher for mastitis than normal milk. GPx activity in blood shows no significant changes in cows and buffaloes with subclinical mastitis compared to healthy ones. The average quantity of casein in mastitic milk was lower compared with control.
Mastitic milk GPx activity was directly correlated with the total SCC.
Correlation coefficient between GPx activity and caseins in mastitic milk showed indirect trend (r =-.0555) in cows and (r= -.0623) in buffaloes. The positive correlation between SCC and GPx activity suggests that this enzyme may have potential to detect subclinical mastitis in dairy cows and buffaloes.
Publication year 2014
Pages 645-653
Organization Name
Country Egypt
serial title مجلة الجمعيه المصريه الطبيه البيطريه
Volume 74 . 4
Author(s) from ARC
Publication Type Journal
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