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Bacterial counts in bulk milk ‐ an update
Author(s) -
Blowey Roger,
Edmondson Peter,
Davis Jennifer
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.21.9.531
Subject(s) - mastitis , somatic cell count , incidence (geometry) , differential (mechanical device) , veterinary medicine , medicine , biology , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , lactation , genetics , pregnancy , geometry , ice calving , aerospace engineering
THE use of differential culture methods to investigate the possible causes of high total bacterial count (TBC) or Bactoscan values, high somatic cell counts or a high mastitis incidence was described in an earlier article ( In Practice , March 1997, pp 122‐127). This has proved to be an extremely useful and popular method of investigation and represents a good opportunity for practitioners to become involved in mastitis control advisory work. The aim of this article is to provide a brief update on changes in target values and to discuss some additional parameters measured.