Reliability in somatic cell count measurement of clinical mastitis milk using DeLaval cell counter

• Published in: Animal science journal Vol. 84; no. 12; pp. 805 - 807
• Main Authors: Kawai, Kazuhiro, Hayashi, Tomohito, Kiku, Yoshio, Chiba, Tomoyuki, Nagahata, Hajime, Higuchi, Hidetoshi, Obayashi, Tetsu, Itoh, Seigo, Onda, Ken, Arai, Sachiko, Sato, Reiichiro, Oshida, Toshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Animals; bovine; Cattle; Cell Count - instrumentation; Cell Count - methods; Cell counters; Correlation coefficient; DeLaval cell counter; Female; mastitis; Mastitis, Bovine - diagnosis; Milk; Milk - cytology; Reproducibility of Results; somatic cell count; Zoology; bovine; DeLaval cell counter; mastitis; somatic cell count

Somatic cell counts (SCC) measurements are typically performed using quantitative methods, such as the Breed method (Breed) and the Fossomatic method (FSCC). The DeLaval cell counter (DCC) developed recently is a quantitative somatic cell counter with a low initial cost and superior portability. How...