{"id":57255,"date":"2020-09-04T23:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/mastitis-and-high-somatic-cell-count-drain-glucose-in-dairy-cows\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:06:46","slug":"mastitis-and-high-somatic-cell-count-drain-glucose-in-dairy-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/resource-center\/blog\/mastitis-and-high-somatic-cell-count-drain-glucose-in-dairy-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastitis and High Somatic Cell Count Drain Glucose in Dairy Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elevated somatic cell count often occurs on-farm\nand is an indicator of animal performance and milk quality. Mastitis is\ninflammation of the mammary gland, and the resulting increase in somatic cell\ncount is caused by immune cells being recruited to the mammary gland to help\ndeal with that inflammation.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know from <a href=\"\/en_na\/reduce-somatic-cell-count-minimize-mastitis-in-dairy-cows-with-performance-trace-minerals\/\">previous blog articles<\/a> that any inflammation in the mammary gland will result in a reduction of milk quantity and quality for a dairy cow, but the impact doesn\u2019t stop there. Mastitis and high somatic cell count can also reduce reproductive performance and cause issues with lameness in dairy cows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dry period and early lactation are kind of\nthe hotspots for cases of mastitis in dairy cows. Early lactation is the time\nperiod when cows are in a negative energy balance and a nutrient drain is most\ndetrimental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 21 days pre-calving, a cow has a glucose\nsupply of about 1,700 grams per day with a demand of 1,000 grams per day. By 3\nweeks post-calving, however, a cow will have a demand of 2,500 grams per day\nwith a supply of only 2,000 grams per day. When you add on inflammatory\nresponses to mastitis and lameness, this will cause the cow to start metabolizing\nbodyweight and drive milk production down even further as nutrient supply is\ndrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is largely due to the fact that the\nimmune cells that are recruited for the inflammatory process \u2013 especially the\nneutrophils \u2013 are big glucose consumers. Cows can utilize up to 2 kg of glucose\nper day to fuel an inflammatory response, including one that is repairing\nepithelial tissue. In addition to utilizing glucose, lymphocytes utilize amino\nacids as a nutrient source, which can potentially cause a protein deficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-high-somatic-cell-count-drives-down-milk-yield\">High Somatic Cell Count Drives Down Milk Yield<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Milk yield can take a hit when somatic cell\ncounts reach a level as low as 100,000 \u2013 well below the threshold deemed\nacceptable for milk processors and supermarkets. Dr. Stephen Nickerson from the\nUniversity of Georgia Department of Animal and Dairy Science has shown that at\na somatic cell count of 100,000, dairy cows may be losing up to 3% of their\nmilk yield. Somatic cell counts that reach 1 million can diminish milk yield by\nas much as 12% and will produce milk not acceptable for sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two primary drivers of milk\nproduction: mammary cell number and mammary cell activity. If there is a\ndecrease in mammary cell number because the cows don\u2019t have adequate nutrients\nto allow for their replacement, then they will not have the necessary mammary\ncell capacity to produce milk. Additionally, if an immune response is pulling\nglucose away from those cells, it will inhibit the production of lactose, which\nis the primary osmoregulatory of milk, resulting in a further loss of milk\nyield due to decreased mammary cell activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this inflammation becomes more severe, so\ndoes the damage to the epithelial tissue in the mammary gland, which will begin\nto break down. Then, cows will have lactose that has already been synthesized\nleak back into the blood. This is a situation where these nutrients aren\u2019t\nnecessarily being utilized elsewhere in the body, but rather just being lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mastitis-and-lameness-lead-to-reduced-reproductive-performance\">Mastitis and Lameness Lead to Reduced Reproductive Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mastitis and high somatic cell count can\nultimately lead to weaker reproductive performance. Just like the cells in the\nmammary gland, the cells in the reproductive tract and follicles in the ovaries\nare big glucose users. Since reproduction is one of the lowest nutrient\nutilization priorities for a dairy cow, high somatic cell counts drive down a\ncow\u2019s reproductive performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, a study in 2009 sought to show\nhow two cumulative nutrient drains (heightened somatic cell count and lameness)\nwould impact reproductive performance. When they looked at healthy cows, about\n90% of them were ovulating and had appropriate reproductive performance,\nmeaning they were eligible to be bred. In lame cows, that number dropped to\naround 75%. In cows that were lame and had high somatic cell count, only 44% of\nthem were ovulating. Since both the mammary gland and hooves are known glucose\nusers during times of stress\/inflammation, this study accurately showed how\nthese stressors can cumulatively drain nutrients and ultimately drive down\nperformance \u2013 reproductive performance in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-manage-mammary-inflammation-with-zinc\">Manage Mammary Inflammation with Zinc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zinc is a critical component to improving mammary health, managing lameness and boosting dairy cow reproduction. <a href=\"\/en_na\/transition-cow-management-to-improve-milk-quality\/\">Read more in this blog article<\/a> for tips on managing mastitis in dairy cows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about making performance trace minerals a part of your mastitis mitigation strategy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/lets-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">contact your Zinpro representative today<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mastitis and elevated somatic cell count will utilize high amounts of glucose that could have otherwise been used to improve milk production and reproduction as well as reduce lameness. 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