CAPRINE INTRAMAMMARY INFECTION - QUALITY OF MILK

This paper reviews the information on clinical and subclinical mastiti s in Spanish goats and discusses their relation to the bacteriological and hygienic quality of raw milk. Particular attention is drawn to su bclinical infection in the Murciano-Granadina goat (30% of the females studied). Staphylococci and their capacity for slime production are a lso discussed. We also comment on a study made 2 years ago, on bacteri al counts in raw goat's milk, which detected a greater quantity of bac teria than is to be permitted by the EEC on January 1994, and this at a time when industry is setting up a system of milk payment depending on the quality of milk with bacterial counts below the limits set by E uropean standards. Lastly, we provide data on the infrastructure of 2 farming associations with regard to milk quality.