Abstract
Milk culture is the gold standard for detection of intramammary infections (IMI) in dairy cows. Somatic cell count (SCC) is widely used for diagnosing subclinical mastitis, but its predictive value for detecting IMI is limited. Differential SCC (DSCC) provides information about the changes in the relative abundance of different cell types during the inflammatory response and is a potential alternative for the identification of quarters with IMI. However, its ability to detect IMI is unclear and requires further investigation. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the predictive value of DSCC in the identification of quarters with IMI.
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