caa a22 4500 388060050 CHVBK 20180307125118.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1357729800032926 doi S1357729800032926 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1357729800032926 The influence of ewe intramammary infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci on the milk constituents total protein, albumin, potassium and sodium [Elektronische Daten] An experiment was carried out to estimate the concentration of sodium, potassium, whey albumin and total protein of normal and experimentally infected milk from meat breed ewes. Intramammary infection significantly (P > 0·0001) increased the concentration of sodium, albumin and total protein and decreased that of potassium. The potassium decrease was not statistically significant fP = 0·08). The increase in whey albumin and total protein was followed by a significant decrease in the albumin and total protein of blood serum. The increases and decreases of sodium, potassium, albumin and total protein were significantly correlated to the rise in somatic cell count and subsided 3 to 4 days after failure to isolate the infecting micro-organisms from the milk of ewes. Changes in the concentration of albumin could be used in identifying infected mammary glands or to evaluate the virulence of the infecting micro-organism. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1998 albumins nationallicence coagulase negative staphylococci nationallicence ewes nationallicence potassium nationallicence protein nationallicence sodium nationallicence Burriel A. R. Royal Veterinary College, Department of Farm Animal and Equine Medicine and Surgery, Boltons Park, Potter Bar EN6 1NB Wagstaff A. Royal Veterinary College, Department of Farm Animal and Equine Medicine and Surgery, Boltons Park, Potter Bar EN6 1NB Animal Science Cambridge University Press 67/3(1998-12), 499-502 1357-7298 67:3<499 1998 67 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800032926 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800032926 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burriel A. R. Royal Veterinary College, Department of Farm Animal and Equine Medicine and Surgery, Boltons Park, Potter Bar EN6 1NB NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wagstaff A. Royal Veterinary College, Department of Farm Animal and Equine Medicine and Surgery, Boltons Park, Potter Bar EN6 1NB NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Science Cambridge University Press 67/3(1998-12), 499-502 1357-7298 67:3<499 1998 67 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge