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  • Title: Concentration of lactoferrin in milk of normal lactating cows and changes occurring during mastitis.
    Author: Harmon RJ, Schanbacher FL, Ferguson LC, Smith KL.
    Journal: Am J Vet Res; 1975 Jul; 36(7):1001-7. PubMed ID: 1096690.
    Abstract:
    The mean lactoferrin (Lf) concentration determined by electroimmunodiffusion (EID) assay of whey preparations from 80 quarters of 20 normal lactating cows was 0.35 mg/ml. The mean alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-LAC) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) concentrations were 2.01 mg/ml and 0.29 mg/ml, respectively. The mean was significantly related to cell count (P smaller than 0.01), BSA (P smaller than 0.05), stage of lactation (P smaller than 0.05), and milk production (P smaller than 0.05). The Lf-milk production relationship was the only negative correlation. In 11 cows with mastitis, there was a significant (P smaller than 0.01) increase in mean Lf concentration in infected quarters from 0.55 mg/ml on day 1 of the infection to 1.89 mg/ml by day 3. By day 15 clinical signs had subsided and mean Lf concentrations had decreased to near day 1 values. On day 3 quarters infected with coliform bacteria (clinical mastitis generally more severe) had mean Lf values more than twofold greater than those quarters infected with species of Staphylococcus or Streptococcus (milder clinical signs). Noninfected (control) quarters of cows having coliform bacteria-infected quarters had slightly increased mean Lf concentrations, where Lf concentration in contral quarters of cows having quarters infected with gram-positive organisms remained unchanged.
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