Volume: 48 Issue: 2
Year: 2017, Page: 13-15,
Received: Dec. 7, 2016 Accepted: Dec. 14, 2016 Published: Dec. 31, 2017
One hundred pooled milk samples were collected from organized farms and milk cooperatives in Thrissur district. All the samples were analyzed for somatic cell count, pH, titratable acidity, chloride and electrical conductivity. Chloride content as well as Electrical conductivity of milk showed a significant positive correlation with somatic cell count in milk. There was no significant correlation between SCC and pH or titratable acidity of milk.
Keywords: Somatic Cell Count, pH, Acidity, Chloride content, Electrical conductivity
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