Table 2 The descriptive statistics of Hp, M-SAA3 and CRP for healthy, SM and CM range of SCC in composite milk samples
From: The major acute phase proteins of bovine milk in a commercial dairy herd
Somatic cell counts (cells/ml) | Hp (μg/ml) | M-SAA3 (μg/ml) | CRP (ng/ml) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |
Healthy (<100 000 cells/ml); n = 29 | 2.96 | <0.4–13.74 | 0.6 | <0.6–50.13 | 22.40 | <1.8–136.72 |
SM (101 000–200 000 cells/ml); n = 8 | 4.02 | <0.4–5.28 | 0.6 | <0.6 | 30.63 | <1.8–108.84 |
CM (>200 000 cells/ml); n = 17 | 6.40 | 2.08–55.46 | 0.6 | <0.6–24.81 | 27.12 | 6.44–172.46 |