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Table 1 Basic information and bacterial culture of the 16 Chinese Holstein milk samples

From: Identification of novel molecular markers of mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus using gene expression profiling in two consecutive generations of Chinese Holstein dairy cattle

Sample

Age

Days of lactation

SCC × 1000/mL

SCS

MY

FP

PP

Bacterium

−3 months

−2 months

− 1 month

−3 months

−2 months

−1 month

−3 months

−2 months

−1 month

−3 months

−2 months

−1 month

−3 months

−2 months

−1 month

SM1

8

482

561.00

911.00

1071.00

5.49

6.19

6.42

28.80

28.60

26.80

3.93

4.06

4.28

3.63

3.75

3.65

S. aureus

SM2

5

266

972.00

4641.00

4289.00

6.28

8.54

8.42

31.00

42.60

34.40

3.79

2.75

3.59

3.49

2.65

3.02

S. aureus

SM3

8

529

382.00

1076.00

852.00

4.93

6.43

6.09

36.70

37.50

35.80

2.14

3.97

4.10

3.38

2.98

2.91

S. aureus

SM4

5

291

155.00

585.00

241.00

3.63

5.55

4.27

31.30

31.30

24.60

2.10

3.81

3.52

3.42

3.29

3.30

S. aureus

Mean ± SD

  

517.5 ± 149.63

1803.25 ± 823.94

1613.25 ± 787.25

5.08 ± 0.48

6.67 ± 0.56

6.30 ± 0.74

31.95 ± 1.45

35 ± 2.72

30.4 ± 2.39

2.99 ± 0.44

3.65 ± 0.26

3.87 ± 0.16

3.48 ± 0.05

3.17 ± 0.20

3.22 ± 0.14

 

SMD1

6

171

207.00

596.00

2249.00

4.05

5.58

7.49

58.00

50.90

41.60

3.67

3.46

3.51

2.96

3.11

3.24

S. aureus

SMD2

3

299

116.00

121.00

202.00

3.21

3.28

4.01

42.70

37.70

35.60

3.84

3.60

4.15

3.03

3.05

3.13

S. aureus

SMD3

3

125

283.00

102.00

64.00

2.99

1.49

2.96

25.70

25.50

24.70

2.76

3.26

2.85

3.31

3.06

3.32

S. aureus

SMD4

2

33

99.00

113.00

145.00

2.99

3.18

3.54

31.30

38.60

37.70

2.89

4.95

1.73

2.83

2.86

2.88

S. aureus

Mean ± SD

  

176.25 ± 37.03

233 ± 104.84

665 ± 457.92

3.31 ± 0.22

3.38 ± 0.73

4.50 ± 0.88

39.43 ± 6.18

38.18 ± 4.49

34.9 ± 3.14

3.29 ± 0.24

3.82 ± 0.33

3.06 ± 0.45

3.03 ± 0.088

3.02 ± 0.05

3.14 ± 0.08

 

HM1

7

258

101.00

155.00

73.00

3.01

3.63

2.55

51.80

47.40

38.00

2.78

3.02

2.88

3.06

2.97

2.92

–

HM2

6

222

28.00

37.00

57.00

1.16

1.57

2.19

38.10

35.30

30.10

3.82

4.40

3.89

3.12

3.17

3.13

–

HM3

5

173

76.00

23.00

39.00

2.60

0.88

1.64

58.30

58.80

56.00

3.78

3.81

3.46

3.34

3.22

3.23

–

HM4

5

244

153.00

34.00

44.00

3.61

1.44

1.82

42.10

40.80

38.20

4.69

4.31

3.95

3.88

3.25

3.12

–

Mean ± SD

  

89.5 ± 22.54

62.25 ± 26.90

53.25 ± 6.58

2.60 ± 0.45

1.88 ± 0.52

2.05 ± 0.17

47.58 ± 3.97

45.58 ± 4.38

40.58 ± 4.74

3.77 ± 0.34

3.89 ± 0.27

3.55 ± 0.21

3.35 ± 0.16

3.15 ± 0.05

3.1 ± 0.06

 

HMD1

3

145

22.00

19.00

27.00

0.82

0.60

1.11

35.70

40.30

38.80

3.91

3.66

3.53

3.01

3.18

3.08

–

HMD2

4

212

22.00

32.00

514.00

0.82

1.36

5.36

52.00

46.30

25.10

3.42

2.57

5.11

3.27

3.32

3.46

–

HMD3

3

271

60.00

20.00

61.00

2.26

0.68

2.29

42.90

42.70

35.80

3.31

3.30

2.60

3.17

3.14

3.18

–

HMD4

3

250

30.00

61.00

47.00

1.26

2.29

1.91

37.30

42.20

36.60

3.48

3.76

4.33

3.11

3.22

3.18

–

Mean ± SD

  

33.5 ± 7.82

33 ± 8.48

162.25 ± 101.72

1.29 ± 0.30

1.23 ± 0.34

2.67 ± 0.81

41.98 ± 3.19

42.88 ± 1.09

34.08 ± 2.65

3.53 ± 0.11

3.32 ± 0.23

3.89 ± 0.47

3.14 ± 0.047

3.22 ± 0.03

3.23 ± 0.07

 
  1. Note: SM- S. aureus infected mastitis mothers; SMD- S. aureus infected daughters; HM- Healthy mothers; HMD- Healthy daughters; the four SMD animals were the descendants of the four SM animals, respectively; the four HMD animals were the descendants of the four HM animals, respectively; except HMD1 and HMD3 are half-siblings of one sire, the other animals are descendants of different sires; SCC: Somatic cell counts per milliliter of milk sample; SCS = log2(SCC/100,000) + 3; MY: milk yield, FP: milk fat percentage; PP: milk protein percentage; −indicates samples without S. aureus infection