Method and a system for determination of somatic cells in milk
US6552520B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Assessment of the number of somatic cells in a liquid milk or milk product analyte material comprises arranging a volume of a liquid sample representing the analyte material in a sample compartment and allowing electromagnetic signals from the sample in the compartment to pass through and be exposed to the exterior. There is exposed onto an array of active detection elements, an at least one-dimensional spatial representation of electromagnetic signals from the sample. The representation is detectable as an intensity by individual active detection elements. Representations of electromagnetic signs from the somatic cells are identified. The size of the volume of the liquid sample is sufficiently large to permit the assessment of the number of somatic cells to fulfill a predetermined requirement to the statistically quality of the assessment based on substantially one exposure.
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