Relationship between mRNA of immune factors expressed by milk somatic cells and bacteria present in healthy lactating Holstein cows

Abstract

The characteristics of immune factors in somatic cells from lactating dairy cows and their association with commensal bacteria in normal milk have not been clarified. This study investigated the relationship between the pathogenic bacteria in milk and somatic cell immune factors in healthy lactating cows.

Keywords

• cows
• milk
• bacteria
• immune factor
• somatic cells