Short Communications
Vol. 1 No. 1zero (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.882

EVALUATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INFECTION STATUS OF UDDER AND THE MICROBIOLOGICAL MILK QUALITY IN SOME EXTENSIVE GOAT HERDS OF SARDINIA - PRELIMINARY RESULTS

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Received: 4 January 2013
Accepted: 4 January 2013
Published: 8 January 2011
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California Mastitis Test, Somatic Cell Count, milk, goat, udder.

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M. Mulas
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
G. Bassu
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
A. Coccollone
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
G. Masia
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
C. Muzzigoni
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
M. Picoi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
P.A. Cabras
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna – Dipartimento territoriale di Nuoro, Italy.
Sub clinical mastitis may cause more losses than clinical mastitis. Farmers can take advantage of employing several tools, California Mastitis Test (CMT) and Somatic Cell Count (SCC) among the others, to determine the presence of a sub clinical mastitis in their herds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of milk produced in some extensive goat herds in Sardinia through a clinical check to determine the infection status of the udder, CMT, SCC and microbiological milk tests. CMT has been confirmed to be a useful, practical and economical tool to detect sub clinical mastitis in goats. Farmers should be encouraged to use this as a first step in order to avoid prospective losses in their herds.

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EVALUATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INFECTION STATUS OF UDDER AND THE MICROBIOLOGICAL MILK QUALITY IN SOME EXTENSIVE GOAT HERDS OF SARDINIA - PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 8 [cited 2026 Oct. 15];1(1zero):267-8. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.1S.267

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