Patent ID: 6297045
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A mastitis diagnosing apparatus comprising:a memory which stores a corresponding relationship between the number of photons emitted in proportion to the amount of active oxygen released when phagocytic leukocytes phagocytose bacteria in milk and the degree of progression of mastitis due to said bacteria;photon counting means which counts within a prescribed period of time the number of photons emitted in proportion to the amount of active oxygen released when phagocytic leukocytes in milk phagocytose bacteria, by addition of a culture solution, emission enhancer and phagocyte stimulator to the milk itself;diagnosing means which refers to said memory and, based on the number of photons counted by the photon counting means, diagnoses the degree of progression of mastitis corresponding to said number of photons; andoutput means which outputs the degree of progression of mastitis diagnosed by the diagnosing means.