How to count records in table and send email only if count 0

Question

I thought this would be fairly simple, but apparently not.  I'm trying to count the number of records I have in my staging table, and send an email if count > 0  . . . .  and . . . . I want to put the count in the body of the email. 
I'm running into a problem with the concatenation part of it.
SET NOCOUNT ON
SELECT * FROM [dbo].[Staging]
SELECT @@rowcount as Row_Count
SET NOCOUNT OFF
IF @@rowcount > 0
BEGIN
exec msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'MailTest',
@recipients = '[email protected]',
@subject = 'Successfully Loaded Production',
@body = 'Successfully Loaded Production ' + @@rowcount + ' records loaded',
@body_format = 'text'
END
The problem comes from the '+' character not being recognized.  Maybe it's out of scope, not sure.
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Answer 1

Try this
SET NOCOUNT ON
IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM [dbo].[Staging])
BEGIN
exec msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'MailTest',
@recipients = '[email protected]',
@subject = 'Successfully Loaded Production',
@body = 'Successfully Loaded Production ' + @@rowcount + ' records loaded',
@body_format = 'text'
END
Thanks
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