Correlations between milk cell concentrations (MCC) and concentrations of the chemoattractants and pro-inflammatory cytokines that were detected in the milk of all the responder cows.

MCC 0–24 hpi: milk cell concentrations during the onset of the inflammatory response (0, 8, 12 and 24 h post-infusion). MCC 0–92 hpi: milk cell concentrations during the whole monitoring period. Correlations were calculated with the Bravais-Pearson test over two periods of time: at the onset of inflammation (0–24 hpi) and throughout the observation period (0–96 hpi).