Bactoscan 49,456,000 per ml

organicguy · Jul 27, 2016

Is it possible one cow with mastitis could raise the bacto. of the tank from16,000/ml to the above.
80 stale cows doing 1000 litres a day, all soon to dry off as due before 14 November.
TIA
Og
having a panic!

bigw · Jul 27, 2016

That cant have been fun getting that result!

http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/m...s-part-5-bactoscan-problem-and-solutions.aspx

rc mx110 · Jul 27, 2016

No!
Prob a f**k up on their part

bigw · Jul 27, 2016

rc mx110 said:
No!
Prob a fudge up on their part

Yes it can

Splitpin · Jul 27, 2016

Just a one off?

tanker · Jul 27, 2016

If somebody left a sample for a long time in somewhere warm then it can happen..

Nearly · Jul 27, 2016

We used to send the lab staff a get well soon card when we got one of these.
Someone sneezed?

Edit - immediate retest and full bacterial breakdown is best way.

organicguy · Jul 27, 2016

bigw said:
Yes it can

Can you be a bit more specific.

Splitpin said:
Just a one off?

Gone 16, 60,500.

Had buyer out today and went right through plant with hand held swab and tester and only scored highest of 3, under 10 normal, up to 30 concern, above 50 problem.

bigw · Jul 27, 2016

organicguy said:
Can you be a bit more specific.

Gone 16, 60,500.

Had buyer out today and went right through plant with hand held swab and tester and only scored highest of 3, under 10 normal, up to 30 concern, above 50 problem.

There is a bit about it on the link I sent.

Rossymons · Jul 27, 2016

i'm guessing the tanker has auto sample? Its been known for them to sample straight out the bottom of the outlet...

organicguy · Jul 27, 2016

Rossymons said:
i'm guessing the tanker has auto sample? Its been known for them to sample straight out the bottom of the outlet...

we did wonder if it was a sample issue but was measurable in the tanker so the sample was sound. We wondered if the driver was using a broom to get the sample as there is only a little milk in the tank! we are now the proud owner of a stainless steel sample extension.

Headless chicken · Jul 27, 2016

organicguy said:
we did wonder if it was a sample issue but was measurable in the tanker so the sample was sound. We wondered if the driver was using a broom to get the sample as there is only a little milk in the tank! we are now the proud owner of a stainless steel sample extension.

If it's returnable send it back and buy yourself some alkathene. Cut to length and disinfect every milk works a treat

YELROM · Jul 28, 2016

Wouldn't a cow with mastitis raise the cell count and not the bactoscan

Princess Pooper · Jul 28, 2016

YELROM said:
Wouldn't a cow with mastitis raise the cell count and not the bactoscan

Can raise bacto as well.

Princess Pooper · Jul 28, 2016

organicguy said:
We wondered if the driver was using a broom to get the sample as there is only a little milk in the tank! .

I'm assuming there is enough milk in the tank that the milk is agitating when the paddle comes on, rather than it just wafting air around! (we often only have 1000litres but it's a 6000l tank and it agitates OK)

Assume you've had another test by now - how are things looking?

milkloss · Jul 28, 2016

What % capacity is your tank running at? Sometimes they can get quite grubby when running low due to splashes and poor agitation etc.

We had one driver using his own sampling extension which was a piece of bent ally tube (tent pole?) and he crammed the handle of th sampler up it. When caught we found he basically cheese all wedged up the tube and it was falling out into the sample.

worker · Jul 28, 2016

watch the tanker driver...is it the omsco organic run? ask for two samples to be taken, if autosampled ask for three. pm me if you want, I may be on the same run

WillM · Jul 28, 2016

Just had a tbc of 6449. That's at least 6441 higher than all the tests so far this year. Chap on the phone said they were investigating 300 out of the 500 pick ups in his area/ domain. Wouldn't be too worried. Wait for the next one.

Princess Pooper · Jul 28, 2016

WillM said:
Chap on the phone said they were investigating 300 out of the 500 pick ups in his area/ domain. .

worker · Jul 28, 2016

yes but they wont admit it when you ring up to question the results!!

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