The Effect of a Period of Non-Milking on the Leucocyte Count of Milk

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Milk samples from 6 exptl. animals and 2 control animals were collected for 3 days (6 milkings) and then for 10 days the 6 exptl. animals were not milked, but the controls were continued on their normal schedules. After the 10-day non-milking period the exptl. cows were returned to their normal milking schedules and samples of each milking from all 8 cows were collected. Milk films of all samples were stained and examined and a comparison of the leucocyte count of the "before interruption" samples and the counts of the "post interruption" samples, with the counts of milk from the control animals for corresponding period shows that this 10-day period of non-milking resulted in about a 27-fold increase in the leucocyte counts of milk and approx. an 85% drop in milk production.

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