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SOMATIC CELL COUNT (SCC) AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF TYPE C MILK FROMTHE AGRESTE REGION, OF PERNAMBUCO STATE, BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of somatic cell count (SCC) on milk quality from 13 dairy farms according to federal regulations of Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Agriculture Ministry of Brazil). Three hundred and one samples of type C milk were collected by hand and by milking machine. The samples were tested for physicochemical, cytological (SCC) and aspects. The results showed SCC ranging from 400,000 to 1,000,000 cells/mL; acidity varied from of 19.03 to 19.40ºD; total fat (3.34% to 3.56%); total solids (12.04% to 11.89%); solids not fat (8.53% to 8.17%); lactose (4.43% to a 4.48%); protein (3.06% to 3.12%) and the bacterial count (1.8 x 109 to 4.0 x 109mL). According to federal regulations no differences in physicochemical and cytological (SCC) patterns of milk were found in these samples, but a continuous education program must be installed in this area to provide milk quality.

KEY WORDS
Somatics cells count; milk; cow

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