Month-wise variation and prediction of bulk tank somatic cell count in Brazilian dairy herds and its impact on payment based on milk quality

Table 5 Financial losses in milk-equivalent (equivalent to liters of milk), considering the predicted bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) values obtained from time series analysis for each PPBMQ class considering the months of 2016

	Payment per liter of milk in milk-equivalent^a
Month	Class 1¹	Class 2¹	Class 3¹	Class 4¹	Class 5¹
January/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
February/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
March/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
April/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
May/2016	0	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
June/2016	0	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
July/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
August/2016	0	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
September/2016	0	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
October/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
November/2016	−0.015	−0.015	−0.037	−0.037	−0.045
December/2016	−0.015	−0.030	−0.037	−0.045	−0.045
Annual Average	−0.010	−0.016	−0.037	−0.038	−0.045

^aValues calculated based in the PPBMQ in Table 1; ¹Class 1–1000 to 200,000 cells/mL, Class 2–201,000 to 400,000 cells/mL, Class 3–401,000 to 500,000 cells/mL, Class 4–501,000 to 800,000 cells/mL, Class 5 - > 800,000 cells/mL

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