Ten dairy farms supplying raw milk to the industry were investigated determine compliance with safety criteria (plate count at 30 °C and somatic cell count) of Regulation (EC) 853/2004. The relationship such lipid protein percentages was also evaluated. results demonstrated a great variability due different management systems each farm, regard milking hygiene, health status animals, prevention ...

Mastitis is a costly disease in dairy cattle as result of decreased milk production, discarded milk, and other economic drivers such treatment costs. Although it can be costly, effective antibiotic therapy useful to ensure the health productivity cattle. Antibiotic usage treat mastitis implemented after diagnosis based upon detection increased somatic cell counts (SCC). Previous work demonstrat...

There is little doubt that raw milk is the most scrutinized agricultural commodity. Appendix N of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance requires that all bulk tank milk be tested for beta-lactam antibiotics. This document also sets the regulatory levels for somatic cell counts (SCC) and bacteria levels in raw bulk tank milk. Milk processors are required to perform the regulatory testing. Many progress...

Asinine (donkey) milk has been proposed as an alternative to bovine (cow) milk for consumption by human infants who are allergic to bovine milk proteins. To expand the current knowledge of asinine lactation, we investigated daily rhythmicity in the concentration of major constituents of asinine milk. We observed no daily rhythmicity in somatic cell count and pH but observed robust rhythmicity i...

We constructed a mathematical model of the early response to Escherichia coli infection of the mammary gland and explored the roles and interactions between inflammatory cells and bacteria. The model incorporates 3 equations that describe the interactions among bacteria, milk somatic cells, and blood leukocyte densities. These 3 equations were fitted to cell densities observed during acute infl...