Tested in the Lab - Proven on the Farm
The PortaSCC® milk test has been used for many different applications on farms across the USA and in over 60 countries worldwide. Some applications are:
- Monitoring problem animals between monthly lab screening
- Checking suspicious animals
- Monitoring clinical and treated animals*
- Testing at freshening and dry off
- Monthly herd health screening
- Testing bulk tanks (milk needs to be less than 8 hours old)
- Checking animals prior to purchase
- Managing fresh heifers
- Checking somatic cell level prior to insemination
These applications can be incorporated into an overall herd health management program that can help to:
- Improve milk production
- Improve milk quality
- Protect premiums
- Reduce culling rates
- Decrease treatment costs
- Increase fertility rates (California Dairy, January 2006)
(*Click on links for farm protocols and more information about topics.)