Selection for mastitis resistance in dairy cattle: a review with focus on the situation in the Nordic countries

By B. Heringstad, G. Klemetsdal, J. Ruane. 2000

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Resilience in farm animals: biology, management, breeding and implications for animal welfare (2016, background): “…resistance to specific diseases of economic importance, such as internal parasites in sheep (LeJambre et al. 1971) and mastitis in dairy cattle (Heringstad et al. 2000) is acknowledged, we suggest that breeding strategies should also incorporate selection for general disease resistance as…”
Factors Influencing Livestock Productivity (2012, background): “Mastitis resistance Mastitis is a complex disease which can be defined as an inflammation of the mammary gland resulting from the introduction and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in the mammary gland (Heringstad et al. 2000).”
Analysing serial data for mastitis detection by means of local regression (2007, background): “year (Heringstad et al., 2000; Hillerton and Kliem, 2002).”
Genetic relationships among linear type traits, milk yield, body weight, fertility and somatic cell count in primiparous dairy cows (2004, background): “The heritability of SCC was within the range of most recent estimates (for review see Heringstad et al., 2000 ).”