METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF MASTITIS AND MILK QUALITY, AND MASTITIS SENSOR

摘要

The present invention discloses a mastitis sensor and a method for detection of mastitis and determination of milk quality in real time (on-line). The invention comprises a rapid non-invasive determination of the concentration of dissolved molecular oxygen in milked milk. Mastitis sensor comprises a fiberoptic, amperometric or potentiometric device for the determination of oxygen concentration, a device for data acquisition and processing, mastitis indicator and a device, generating a signal for the automatic on-line elimination of substandard milk of infected animals to prevent the pollution of bigger quantities of milk.