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The concentration of lactate in relation to other components of bovine mammary secretion during premature regression and after resumption of milking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

R. I. Mackie ,
W. H. Giesecke ,
H. Lück  and
P. A. de Villiers
R. I. Mackie
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, 0110, Republic of South Africa
W. H. Giesecke
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, 0110, Republic of South Africa
H. Lück
Affiliation:
Animal and Dairy Science Research Institute, Irene, 1675, Republic of South Africa
P. A. de Villiers
Affiliation:
Animal and Dairy Science Research Institute, Irene, 1675, Republic of South Africa
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Summary

An experiment lasting 42 d was performed in 4 consecutive stages on 6 healthy Friesian cows during mid-lactation. Mean values for the different components of mammary secretion during normal lactation were established. Milking was then suspended on all quarters from d 1–14. The mean values for lactate increased 20- to 30-fold over the mean value for normal lactation. Over the same period the leucocyte count (polymorphonuclear leucocytes and lymphocytes) also increased, whereas the mean values for glucose and the estimated redox potential decreased. From d 15–28 milking was resumed on one half of the udder and from d 29–42 milking was also resumed on the other udder-half. When milking was resumed the above-mentioned changes were reversed, taking 5–7 d to reach values obtained during normal lactation in the udder-half which had not been milked for 14 d, but at least 14 d in the udderhalf which had not been milked for 28 d. The changes in the levels of lactate, glucose, leucocyte count and estimated redox potential are discussed in relation to changes in the secretory activity of the mammary gland (lactose, β-lactoglobulin and epithelial cell count), permeability changes of the mammary epithelium (Na+, K+ and serum albumin) and the immune defence mechanism in the udder (immunoglobulins). The results indicate that lactate is formed during anaerobic glycolysis by the leucocytes in the mammary secretion, most probably due to reduced blood flow to the udder and the accumulation of secretion in the gland and teat cisterns on cessation of milking.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 201 - 211
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1977

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