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An in-line milk sampler for determining the numbers of bacteria derived from teat surfaces and udder infections of cows milked in recorder machines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

C. H. McKinnon
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT
Christina M. Cousins
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT
Rosemary J. Fulford
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT

Summary

A simple in-line milk sampler is described for determining the bacterial contamination from the udders of cows milked in recorder machines. When sterilized, and used with a sterile cluster, it collects a milk sample bacteriologically representative of the cow's total yield and it can be used with minimum disruption of the milking routine.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1973

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