Incidencia en el conteo de células somáticas de un sellador de barrera (yodo-povidona 0,26%) y un sellador convencional (yoduro 0,44%)

Abstract

Presence in somatic cells of a barrier sealant (iodine-povidone 0.26%) and a convencional sealant (iodide 0.44%). During the rainy months of August and September 2005, we comparatively evaluated a barrier sealant made with a iodine-povidone complex (0.26%) and a iodine-base conventional sealant (0.44%), at Experiment Station Alfredo Volio Mata, Univ. of Costa Rica, at 1542 m elevation. Somatic cells countings (CCS) performed on a herd of 18 cows (Bos taurus) of the Jersy bred with an average of 184 d after lactation, divided in two groups of 9 animals each, treated with a different sealant respectively. The results indicated significant differences in CCS (P<0.07). Animals treated with the iodine-povidone complex showed an average of 118861,11 cel/ml, while their counterparts showed an average of 277.305,55 cel/ml. Conventional iodine sealants is 2.33 times less effective for mastitis control, which may represent a reduction of 48.8% in losses if iodine-povidone sealants are employed.