Milk Quality

Question 1

Every time a refrigerator truck picks up milk it takes a

Answer 1

Sample to be tested at milk plant. Must meet standards to be sold

Question 2

Refrigerator truck picks up milk how often

Answer 2

Everyday or every other day

Question 3

Milk from bulk tank must be what temp, why?

Answer 3

Less than 40 Degrees

Inhibits spoilage and bacterial growth

Question 4

Standards milk must meet to be sold

Answer 4

Free of antibiotics
Low bacteria (some ok).
Low in somatic cell count (SCC)

Question 5

What is SCC

Answer 5

Somatic cell count

Amount of white blood cells

Question 6

High SCC indicates

Answer 6

Mastitis

Question 7

Mastitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of the udder

Question 8

Ways in which mastitis contaminants milk

Answer 8

Increased bacteria count
Antibiotic treatment may go in milk
Increased SCC

Question 9

Cows w mastitis are milked ______(frequently, infrequently) to

This milk is

Answer 9

Frequently to flush out infection and keep milk production going

Discarded

Question 10

Zoonotic diseases that can be spread through milk

Answer 10

Tuberculosis

Brucellosis