Table 3

Somatic cell count in weekly milk samples from the ewes

Ewe – animal number
140/6
139/6*
326/7
695/7
350/7
352/7
1010/6
528/7
1011/6
225/6
54/6
55/6

122 (8)
746 (9)
109 (7)
123 (8)
237 (8)
68 (8)
987 (8)
15 (11)
23 (9)
67 (10)
72 (7)
26 (8)


33 (14)
38 (15)
49 (15)
73 (15)
370 (15)
10 (18)
98 (16)
17 (17)
22 (14)
45 (15)





259 (22)
3,495 (22)
20 (25)
15 (23)
8 (24)
35 (21)
23 (22)






4,088 (29)
30 (32)
90 (30)
17 (31)
42 (28)
15 (29)






1,545 (36)
1,333 (39)
95 (37)
20 (38)
31 (35)
9 (36)







17 (45)
45 (44)
32 (45)
50 (42)
20 (43)










29 (49)
14 (50)










373 (56)
27 (57)











41 (64)











32 (71)

The SCC is displayed in 103 cells/ml and followed by the day of lactation when the milk sample was collected, in parentheses.

* Ewe that fed lamb with no detectable PrPd when culled.

Konold et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2008 4:14   doi:10.1186/1746-6148-4-14