Milk analysis system for cell count during milk analysis

Abstract

A milk analysis system (100) for counting individual somatic cells (410a, 410b) in a milk sample. The system comprises a measuring chamber (220) with an inlet (231), outlet (241), first plate (281), second plate (282), and wall element (283) forming an enclosed volume. A sensor (160) captures an image (270) through a transparent portion of the first plate. A controller (200) processes the image to determine a region of interest (275), counts individual somatic cells, applies a correction factor, calculates sample volume, and determines cell concentration. The controller controls the sensor, processes the image, counts cells, applies the correction factor, calculates volume, and determines cell concentration per volume based 10 on the corrected count and calculated volume.

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