How CIS, UK provide dairy farmers with more information
Cattle Information Service, UK make the most of technology to give dairy farmers an edge in the quest to improve animal health and output.
The MilkoScan™ 7 RM is a high capacity, fully automatic solution for milk composition analysis for payment and dairy herd improvement.
Fast, reliable and accurate raw milk composition analysis of 17 parameters in 6 seconds.
MilkoScan™ 7 RM is available as a part of CombiFoss™ 7.
High throughput with high uptime, the MilkoScan™ 7 is the ultimate tool for cost effective laboratory operations with flexible licensing options for a no-limits test portfolio.
Raw milk (cow, goat, sheep, buffalo).
Fat, protein (true and crude), casein, lactose, solids (SnF and TS), urea, citric acid, fatty acid profiling, Free Fatty Acids (FFA), freezing point depression, pH, ketosis screening (BHB and acetone), untargeted raw milk screening (adulteration).
MilkoScan™ 7 RM has a diamond cuvette backed by 10 years guarantee. Optics are optimized on the interferometer module increasing the signal/noise ratio, ensuring the same high performance at all cadences and improving repeatability for minor constituents.
Raw milk containing abnormalities is a growing problem. The abnormalities can be caused by deliberate adulteration, for example, with lard or melamine or by accidents if water or cleaning agents are mixed with the milk. With the MilkoScan™ 7 RM you can screen incoming raw milk samples to identify a suspect raw milk sample quickly and as a normal part of everyday testing. The suspect sample can then be further analysed to determine the contaminant.
Knowing the fatty acid composition (i.e. fatty acid profile) of raw milk is valuable information for milk processors and milk producers aiming to enhance the quality of dairy products, optimise milk processing and/or optimise dairy cow performance through improved feeding and management.
A recent study describes the development of global fatty acid models for high-throughput FTIR milk
analysers and the possible practical applications of such models in the dairy industry.
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Read the article to learn about the screening test for ketosis in dairy cattle developed by Valacta milk-testing laboratory, Canada, in collaboration with FOSS. With a typical cost of Ketosis at *$350.00 per cow, an early warning of ketosis in the dairy herd can help dairy farmers achieve considerable savings at a very low cost.
Read article| Specifications MilkoScan™ 7 RM | |||||
| Most of the calibrations are using multiple wavelengths selected freely from the entire Mid-IR spectrum in order to optimise robustness and accuracy. Compared to traditional filter calibrations, they are called full spectrum calibrations. |
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| Performance Carry-over for all components <1% relative |
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| Component |
Measuring range | Performance range | Repeatability | Accuracy Bulk | Accuracy Single cow |
| Fat |
0-15% | 2-15% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 1.0% | CV < 1.5% |
| Protein | 0-10% | 2-10% |
CV < 0.5% | CV < 0.9% | CV < 1.5% |
| Lactose | 0-10% | 2-10% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 0.9% |
CV < 1.5% |
| Solids | 0-20% | 2-20% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 1.0% | CV < 1.5% |
| Urea | 10-100 mg/dl | 10-100 mg/dl | Sd < 1.5 mg/dl | Sd < 3 mg/dl | Sd < 3.5 mg/dl |
| Citric Acid | 0.1-0.5% | 0.1-0.5% | Sd < 0.005% | Sd < 0.01% | Sd < 0.015% |
| FPD (Screening) | 400-600 m°C | 450-550 m°C | Sd < 0.5 m°C | Sd < 4 m°C | N/A |
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| Fatty acids profile |
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| Ketosis screening (BHB, acetone) | |||||
| Untargetted screening raw milk (adulteration) | |||||
| Application data |
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| Analysis capacity |
100, 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 samples per hour | ||||
| Sample intake | 5 ml | ||||
| Required sample temperature | 37 - 42°C | ||||
| Performance Specifications | Full spectrum calibrations | ||||
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Standards and Approvals
The MilkoScan™ 7 RM techniques comply with: |
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