Chemical composition of bulk

Treatments¹	Analysis²
Treatments¹	SCC	TS	SNF	Ash	Fat	T^a	Lactose	CP
<300	271.5 ± 33.09^a	12.27 ± 0.85^a	8.99 ± 0.69^a	0.68 ± 0.06^a	3.28 ± 0.27^a	0.15 ± 0.86^a	4.58 ± 0.12^a	3.16 ± 0.62^a
300-750	528.7 ± 241.69^b	12.56 ± 0.63^a	9.02 ± 0.40^a	0.70 ± 0.04^a	3.54 ± 0.30^b	0.15 ± 0.35^a	4.63 ± 0.06^a	3.16 ± 0.43^a
750-1000	796.33 ± 49.52c	12.71 ± 0.30^a	9.17 ± 0.23^a	0.71 ± 0.03^a	3.54 ± 0.12^b	0.15 ± 0.74^a	4.49 ± 0.16^a	3.18 ± 0.14^a
>1000	1145 ± 95.9d	12.80 ± 0.30^a	9.22 ± 0.32^a	0.72 ± 0.01^a	3.58 ± 0.12^b	0.14 ± 0.59^a	4.51 ± 0.20^a	3.10 ± 0.44^a

^a-dMeans within a columns with different superscripts differ (P<0.05)
Values are given as means ± standard deviation
¹Treatments: <300=Tank milk with somatic cell count of <300000 cells/ mL; 300-750=Tank milk with somatic cell count of 300000 to 750000 cells/mL; 750-1000=Tank milk with somatic cell count of 750000 to 1000000 cells/ mL; >1000=Tank milk with somatic cell count of >1000000 cells/mL
²Analysis: SCC: Somatic cell count; TS: Total solid (%); SNF: Solid-non-fat (%); Ash (%); Fat (%); TA=Total Acidity (grams of lactic acid /100 grams of sample); CP: Crude protein (%)

Table 1: Chemical composition of bulk tank milk with different somatic cell counts.