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For this purpose, 473 dairy cows were included in our study, 146 cows with clinical mastitis (CM group) and 327 clinically healthy cows (CH group) from a high-yielding dairy farm in Romania, milking approximately 780 dairy cows with an average milk production of 46\u2009kg milk\/day. We found that, in contrast to CH cows, CM cows had a significantly lower conception rate at first service (58.2% vs. 41.7%,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05), third service (45.3% vs. 30.2%,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05), and total services (49.2% vs. 36.4%,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). However, this positive effect was not observed for the average days open, which were significantly lower in CM cows than in CH cows (112\u2009\u00b1\u20094.3\u2009days vs. 142\u2009\u00b1\u20093.1\u2009days,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The fact that the non-pregnant CH cows had higher somatic cell counts (&amp;gt;400,000 SCC\/mL) in their milk around artificial insemination (AI) and 1\u2009month earlier than the pregnant cows (&amp;lt;250,000 SCC\/ml) supports the idea that poor uterine health affects the reproductive activity of high-yielding cows. However, by using the UW-DairyRepro$ decision support tool, we found that despite the impairment of reproductive function in dairy cows, the largest negative impacts on NPV are still the cost of milk loss (US$14,439.4\/farm\/year) and treatment costs (US$4,380\/farm\/year). We considered the costs associated with poor reproductive function in the CM group (US$3,577\/farm\/year) as an additional cost of mastitis. Finally, it appears that the impact of mastitis on reproduction is associated with a lower chance of conception than it is with a daily risk of services.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2023.1345782","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,7]],"date-time":"2024-01-07T23:59:45Z","timestamp":1704671985000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Mastitis impact on high-yielding dairy farm\u2019s reproduction and net present 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