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. 2023 May 16;21(5):e07993. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7993

Table I.24.

Udder health data reported for individual EU‐MS countries in epidemiological studies or based on national statistical data

Country Level Year (a) n Farms Variable Values Reference
Germany National (b) 2020 ø SCC (c) 231 BRS (2020)
Germany National (b) 2020 % SCC ≤ 100,000 58.0 BRS (2020)
Germany National (b) 2020 % SCC > 400,000 12.1 BRS (2020)
France Sample 2010–2011 131 % SCC > 400,000 19.0 de Boyer des Roches et al. (2014) (d)
Denmark Sample 2010–2011 73 ø SCC (c) 230–251 Otten et al. (2014) (e)
Sweden National (b) 2019 ø SCC (c) 208 Sverige (2021)
(a)

Year of recording.

(b)

Farms participating in the official milk recording schemes (MR).

(c)

SCC = somatic cell count in cells*1,000 mL−1.

(d)

Stratified sample, excluding tie‐stall systems.

(e)

Exclusively cubicle systems and herd sizes > 100 cows.