milk is often described as a complete food because it contains protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, and minerals. this study was performed to investigate risk factors affecting chemical and bacteriological quality of bulk tank milk. according to the following conducted experiments, the milk was divided into two standard and non-standard groups. then, effect of risk factors on making the samples non-s...

background:mastitis is the most economically importantdisease in dairy industry worldwide. bulk tank milk (btm)analysis has been suggested for monitoring the udder healthstatus at herd level. objectives: a cross-sectional study wasconducted to evaluate udder health status in 15 holstein dairyfarms located in qom province. methods: bulk tank somaticcell count (btmscc) was analyzed using opto-flu...

This study was conducted to establish guidelines for monitoring bulk tank milk somatic cell count and bacterial counts, and to understand the relationship between different bacterial groups that occur in bulk tank milk. One hundred twenty-six dairy farms in 14 counties of Pennsylvania participated, each providing one bulk tank milk sample every 15 d for 2 mo. The 4 bulk tank milk samples from e...

the purpose of this preliminary study was to determine the prevalence of raw milk contamination with listeria monocytogenes. in this study, 100 bulk tank milk samples were collected randomly and delivered to pegah pasteurization factory in mashhad.for isolation and identification of l. monocytogenes, the samples were first enriched using cold enrichment method in listeriaenrichment broth, follo...

The objective of this study was to probe the relationship between prevalence of selected principal mastitis pathogens and somatic cell counts in bulk tank milk samples. The sources of milk contamination were evaluated. The samples were collected from 298 dairy herds (with approximately 32 000 dairy cows). Only 48.3% of the bulk tank milk samples were free of contamination of pathogens of intere...

this study was conducted to detect the common bacteria implicated in bovine mastitis in bulk tank milk by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). forty-four milk samples from bulk tank milk were obtained and submitted to our laboratory. to detect staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus agalactiae, streptococcus dysgalactiae, escherichia coli, streptococcus uberis, and streptococcus parauberis, two sets o...

in this study 130 bulk tank milk samples which were delivered to the pegah pasturisation factory inmashhad were collected randomly during the summer months. samples were firstly enriched in modifiedtrypticase soy broth containing novobiocin, followed by plating onto sorbitol macconkey agar supplementedwith cefixime and potassium tellurite for isolation of escherichia coli o157:h7. consequently ...

A longitudinal study aimed to detect Listeria monocytogenes on a New York State dairy farm was conducted between February 2004 and July 2007. Fecal samples were collected every 6 months from all lactating cows. Approximately 20 environmental samples were obtained every 3 months. Bulk tank milk samples and in-line milk filter samples were obtained weekly. Samples from milking equipment and the m...

Milk somatic cell count (SCC) is the gold standard in diagnosis of subclinical mastitis, and is also an important parameter in quality programmes of dairy cooperatives. As routine SCC analysis is usually restricted to central laboratories, much effort has been invested in the search for alternative biomarkers of mastitis and milk quality, including the presence in the milk of the acute phase pr...