Method of and an apparatus for somatic cell count
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorJan Ove Nilsson
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Abstract
Method of somatic cell count in milk from animals, and an apparatus therefore enabling individual somatic cell count for milk from each teat, i.e. udder quarter, by connecting a teatcup to a first teat, taking a sample of the total milk for the first teat when the flow of milk from the first teat exceeds a predefined value, connecting a the to at least one further teat, taking a sample of the total milk for said first and at least one further teat when the flow of milk from the first and further teats exceeds a predefined value, and calculating the estimated somatic cell count (SCC2, SCC3, SCC4) for the milk from the further teats.
Claims11
Method of somatic cell count estimation in quarter milking, characterised by, the steps of connecting a teat cup (4) to a first teat, taking a sample of the total milk from the first teat when the flow (F1) of milk from said first teat exceeds a predefined value (v), measuring the somatic cell count (C1) for the total milk from said first teat, connecting a teat cup (6, 8, 10) to a second teat, taking a sample of the total milk from said first and said second teat when the flow (F1, F2, F3, F4) of milk from each of said first and said second teat exceeds a predefined value (v), measuring the somatic cell count (C2, C3, C4) for the total milk from said first and said second teat, and calculating the estimated somatic cell count (SCC2, SCC3, SCC4) for the milk from said second teat.
Method of somatic cell count estimation in quarter milking, characterised by, the steps of connecting a teat cup (4) to a first teat, connecting a teat cup (6, 8, 10) to at least one further teat, and the further steps of taking a sample of the total milk from said teats, measuring the somatic cell count (C1, C2, C3, C4) for the total milk from said teats, disconnecting the teat cup (4, 6, 8, 10) from one teat, when the flow (F1, F2, F3, F4) of milk from said one teat falls below a predefined value (v′), repeating these further steps until all teat cups are disconnected, and thereafter calculating the estimated somatic cell count (SCC2, SCC3, SCC4) for the milk from said teats.
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