20120115184 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF MASTITIS AND MILK QUALITY AND MASTITIS SENSOR - A mastitis sensor and a method for detection of mastitis and determination of milk quality in real time (on-line). Methods and apparatuses for the rapid non-invasive determination of the concentration of dissolved molecular oxygen in milked milk are disclosed. Mastitis sensors are disclosed that include a fiberoptic, amperometric or potentiometric device for the determination of oxygen concentration, a device for data acquisition and processing, mastitis indicator and a device that generates a signal for the automatic on-line elimination of substandard milk of infected animals to prevent the pollution of bigger quantities of milk. | 05-10-2012 |