2023
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1200924
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Health concerns about possible long-term effects of legally marketed milk and dairy from animals with intramammary infections

Iris Schadt

Abstract: Milk and dairy from animals with subclinical mastitis infections are marketable. Mastitis is detected with the somatic cell count (SCC). The EU regulation, among the stricter ones, limits an average of 400,000 somatic cells/ml in milk. Other countries have higher or no thresholds. This level suggests 40% of infected animals, and we indeed consume mastitic milk and dairy. A worldwide prevalence of dairy cattle and buffaloes with subclinical mastitis is estimated to range between 34 and 46%. The current food saf… Show more

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