Journal of Dairy Research

Table of Contents - 1955 - Volume 22, Issue 01  

Original Articles

569. A comparison of the diagnostic value of the total and differential cell counts of bovine milk

P. S. Blackburna1, Constance M. Lainga2 and D. F. Malcolma2

a1 Department of Pathology, University and Western Infirmary, Glasgow*

a2 Bacteriology Department, West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgow

Total and differential cell counts were obtained for 1710 samples of milk taken from cows in which the stage of lactation was known. A bacteriological examination of the samples was also made. The total and differential cell counts considered together showed no marked advantage over the total cell count alone in the diagnosis of mastitis, except in milk of late lactation.

(Received November 06 1953)

Footnotes

* Now at the Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Kirkhill, Ayr.