title: Quantitative comparison between serum components and somatic cells in bovine quarter milk.
abstract: Quantitative comparisons between serum components and somatic cells in 202 bovine quarter milks collected at 3 dairy farms were conducted. Detection of serum components was carried out by an immunological technique, and cell counts were calculated by Breed's method. A high correlation (r = 0.77) between cell counts and gamma-globulin contents was demonstrated, while correlation between cell counts and serum albumin was not close (r = 0.45). In a comparison between cell counts and gamma-globulin contents, 19 (65.4%) out of 29 milks containing over 500,000 cells/ml had gamma-globulin less than 1.138 mg/ml, which was also seen in 97% of 172 milks having less than 500,000 cells/ml. From these results, it was suggested that the gamma-globulin content of milk might be of use for differentiating normal milk from abnormal ones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagatomo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyaoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000378:metabolism*; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000662:veterinary; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D005719:gamma-Globulins