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## Abstract ## Background In cows with acute toxic mastitis (ATM), the leukogram aids in the assessment of the severity of disease. The goal of our study was to compare the leukogram of 158 cows with ATM (cases) and 168 clinically healthy cows (controls). We hypothesised that the leukograms of surviving and non-surviving cows differ and that there are variables of the leukogram with sufficient prognostic potential to be used in the decision to treat or not to treat a cow with ATM. The cows were examined clinically and underwent haematological and biochemical examination of blood and bacteriological culture of milk samples. ## Results All cows with ATM had a poor appetite or anorexia, and 34 cows (21.5%) were recumbent. A single quarter was affected in 119 cows (75.3%), two quarters in 37 cows (23.4%) and three quarters in two cows (1.3%). Bacteriological culture showed Gram-negative pathogens in 100 cows (63.3%), Gram-positive in 15 (9.5%) and yeast in 4 (2.5%). The median total leukocyte count of cases was 4300 cells/μL (interquartile range = 2300–8200/μL), which was significantly lower than 8000 cells/μL (6525–9300/μL) in controls. Except for band neutrophils and metamyelocytes,

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Author

Ueli Braun; Christian Gerspach; Barbara Riond; Carina Oschlies; Sabrina Corti; Ulrich Bleul

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)