Table 5 Effect of breed, class of somatic cell counts and farm on cortisol concentration in milk of dairy cows in study 2. Data are reported as estimated means of natural logarithm of cortisol (pg/ml)

6.43

0.07^A

5.94

0.06^B

6.15

0.02^a

6.14

0.05^a

6.27

0.04^b

6.02

0.05^AB

6.10

0.05^B

6.19

0.06^BC

6.05

0.07^AB

6.04

0.05^AB

6.33

0.06^C

5.85

0.08^A

6.37

0.04^C

6.36

0.05^C

6.01

0.06^AB

0.001

0.001^Ns

0.001

0.003^Ns

6.19

0.03