| Foreword | p. 1 |
| Sanitary control of the sheep udder: total and differential cell counts in milk | p. 5 |
| Direct and indirect detection of intramammary infection of the lactating ovine mammary gland | p. 15 |
| Evolution of milk somatic cell counts along the lactation period in sheep of the Latxa breed | p. 21 |
| Use of somatic cell counts or of indirect tests in milk for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in ewes | p. 27 |
| Determination of sysosomal enzyme activity, somatic cells, percent fat and protein in subclinical caprine mastitis | p. 31 |
| Utilisation des numerations cellulaires pour le diagnostic des infections mammaires d'origine bacterienne chez la chevre | p. 35 |
| Detection des infections mammaires subcliniques chez la brebis a l'aide des comptages de cellules somatiques: propositions de seuils physiologiques | p. 41 |
| Efficacy of spiramycin and neomycin combination in the control of cell counts and udder pathogens in the dry ewe | p. 49 |
| Frequence et persistance des staphylocoques coagulase negative au tarissement et relations avec les numerations cellulaires chez la brebis laitiere | p. 53 |
| Relations entre statut infectieux des mammelles et numerations cellulaires du lait de chevre | p. 61 |
| Studies conducted on somatic cell count of goat milk | p. 65 |
| Adherence of staphylococci to cultured lamb choroid plexus cells infected with maedi-visna virus | p. 71 |
| Cellular values in milk of Canary goat (Agrupacion caprina Canaria) with subclinical mastitis | p. 77 |
| Physiological cellular values in Canary (Agrupacion caprina Canaria) goat milk | p. 81 |
| Some microbiological causes of the increase in somatic cells in sheep milk | p. 85 |
| Relationship between somatic cell count and intramammary pathogens in goats | p. 89 |
| Reproduction experimentale de l'agalactie contagieuse de la brebis: evolution des comptages cellulaires individuels durant trois lactations consecutives | p. 93 |
| Staphylococcus aureus chronic mastitis in goats: somatic cell count and systemic dry goat therapy with enrofloxacin | p. 99 |
| Extent of the quick mastitis test reaction depending on the somatic cell content in milk and its importance in diagnosing subclinical mastitis in machine-milked sheep | p. 103 |
| Influence of the different forms of udder inflammations and the species of microbial agents on the somatic cell count in goat milk | p. 107 |
| Facteurs de variation non infectieux des comptages de cellules somatiques chez les ovins et caprins laitiers | p. 113 |
| Preliminary report on the relationships between selenium status and milk somatic cell count in selenium deficient Sardinian ewes | p. 137 |
| Analysis of risk for somatic cell count in ewes: environmental, management and microbiological factors | p. 143 |
| Facteurs de variation genetiques et non genetiques des comptages de cellules somatiques du lait de brebis en relation avec les caracteres laitiers et les mesures portant sur le lait du tank | p. 149 |
| Factors affecting somatic cell count of goat milk throughout lactation: parity and milk production | p. 157 |
| Influence du nombre et du stade de lactation sur les numerations cellulaires du lait de chevre | p. 161 |
| Effect of feeding systems on somatic cell count in goats | p. 167 |
| Factors affecting milk somatic cell counts in Murciano-Granadina goats | p. 173 |
| Somatic cell count in milk from mastitis-free goats intensively reared and controlled until the sixth lactation | p. 177 |
| Somatic cells content and quantitative qualitative assessment of milk yield of Sardinian goats raised in open pasture | p. 183 |
| Effect of some variation factors on somatic cell count in Delle Langhe sheep milk | p. 187 |
| Somatic cell count in ewe milk | p. 193 |
| Day-to-day variation of the somatic cell count in ewe milk | p. 197 |
| Somatic cell count, production and milk composition in sheep to weaning of lambs and after it | p. 199 |
| Effect of subclinical mastitits on milk yield in Manchega ewes: preliminary results | p. 203 |
| Comptages cellulaires et bacteriens du lait des troupeaux ovins dans la province du Leon, Espagne | p. 207 |
| Total and differential cell counts in milk of healthy primiparous lactating Comisana ewes | p. 211 |
| Variations in milk somatic cell count and hematologic values of ewes during lactation | p. 217 |
| Somatic cells and physico-chemical traits of milk of some Polish sheep breeds and lines | p. 221 |
| Influence of lactation and type of milking on the somatic cell count in goat milk | p. 227 |
| Influence de la presence de cellules somatiques dans le lait sur la qualite des produits laitiers | p. 231 |
| Relationship between somatic cell count, acidity and California Mastitis Test in Manchega ewe milk | p. 239 |
| Effect of somatic cell count on sheep milk composition and cheesemaking properties | p. 245 |
| Relations entre les comptages de cellules somatiques, les caracteristiques physico-chimiques et l'aptitude a la coagulation par la presure de laits individuels de brebis de race Lacaune | p. 253 |
| Composition et concentration cellulaire du lait de chevre au cours de la lactation | p. 259 |
| Numerations cellulaires et caracteristiques biochimiques et technologiques du lait de chevre | p. 263 |
| Relationship between somatic cells and milk quality in different goat production systems | p. 269 |
| Detection of proteolytic degradation of milk proteins and relationship with different levels of SCC in Italian goats | p. 275 |
| Somatic cells and milk quality in primiparous Comisana ewes | p. 283 |
| Somatic cells in goat milk as a DNA source | p. 287 |
| Correlations between the somatic cell count and the composition and properties of goat milk | p. 291 |
| Somatic cells and physico-chemical traits of milk of Polish white improved goat | p. 295 |
| The characterisation of Leccese sheep: variations of chemical composition and lactodynamographic parameters in milk as related to somatic cell counts | p. 301 |
| Effect of mastitis on milk composition in Manchega ewes: preliminary results | p. 305 |
| Relations entre l'activite de la N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAG-ase), le nombre de cellules, l'aptitude a la coagulation du lait et le statut infectieux mammaire chez la chevre | p. 311 |
| Cellules somatiques et traitements technologiques du lait de chevre | p. 313 |
| Present state in sheep breeding in Slovakia with regard to somatic cell counts | p. 321 |
| Use of somatic cell count for detection of subclinical mastitis in sheep | p. 323 |
| Somatic cell counts and mastitis studies in the milks of goats and ewes of Turkey | p. 327 |
| Present-day situation of somatic cell count in milk of small ruminants: case of Spain | p. 335 |
| Les numerations de cellules somatiques du lait de brebis en France: situation actuelle et perspectives | p. 343 |
| Somatic cell count situation in USA | p. 349 |
| The content of somatic cells in milk of sheep and goats in Poland | p. 357 |
| The somatic cells situation in the milk of small ruminants in Hungary | p. 361 |
| General considerations on somatic cells content in sheep and goat milk in Albania | p. 365 |
| The somatic cells situation in the milk of small ruminants in Israel | p. 369 |
| Determination du nombre de germes dans le lait de chevre en Suisse | p. 371 |
| Somatic cells in the milk of small ruminants: the Italian situation | p. 375 |
| Somatic cell counts in ewe and goat milk produced in two regions of Greece | p. 381 |
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