Use of an anionic detergent (14 Teepol or sodium lauryl sulphate (SDS)) for lysing somatic cells to increase viscosity so that the gellation of the milk sample could be quantified for a single animal for mastitis detection and apparatus to carry out the method

摘要

A method of testing milk flow for mastitis, including the steps of: (a) Diverting a sample from milk flow; (b) Automatically testing the diverting sample flow by measuring an attribute of any somatic cells in at least part of the milk of that sample; and (c) Wherein the measuring is by reference to a gelling characteristic of the milk under the action of a anionic detergent; and (d) Wherein the measuring is by reliance upon the viscosity of at least part of the milk of that sample when in a predetermined admixture for a predetermined time with an appropriate predetermined anionic detergent.