Sentence examples for milk test was from inspiring English sources

For cows where the milk test was preceded by a nursing calf, the farmer and/or the authors estimated the amount of milk consumed by the calf by comparing the milk yield in a day the calf was not allowed to suckle with the milk yield when the calf had suckled, and the total amount was registered.

Bulk milk testing is a practical way to screen dairy herds for presence of JD.

The 5 herds that were BHV-1 negative based on bulk milk testing were also free from seropositive individuals among the lactating cows (data not shown).

The results from this study suggest that testing of either serum or milk samples from individuals rather than bulk tank milk testing is necessary to identify whether animals within a dairy herd are potentially susceptible to SBV infection.

Currently, the decision criteria used by the Danish Cattle Federation to consider a herd as positive, based on bulk milk testing, is an increase in the blocking percentage to 50%% [ 3, 5, 10] and/or two consecutive bulk milk samples ≥ 20%%.

To estimate the ability of consumers to perceive the fraudulent addition of cow milk, a triangle test was performed, in which cheeses formulated with several different proportions of goat and cow milk were offered to 102 regular consumers of cheese.

Milk that failed the test was not bulked but cooled in its container in a separate cooler.

Nearly half (46%) of all milk samples tested were below this threshold.

Eight (3.5 %) out of 231 milk samples tested were positive for Brucella spp on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and Brucella abortus biovar 1 was detected in cattle milk.

Milk-based tests are also only suitable for lactating dairy cows and most current tests require samples to be sent for analysis to a laboratory thereby preventing an immediate diagnosis [ 22].

The effect of milk sample preservation before testing was evaluated and may have been a factor that affected our observed results.