Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
208
Description
Many factors may cause variation in the fat content of milk. Fat tests have been known to vary as much as 2% from one milking to the next. Under poor management and rough handling they may vary even more. There will be less variation in a well-managed herd than in one where the management changes often or is poor. Milk from a fairly large herd is reasonably constant in its fat content from day to day because it is a mixture of milk from many cows, but it may show some seasonal changes.
Publication Date
1964
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Why Milk Tests Vary" (1964). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 827.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/827
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.