Fig. 1

Correlation between whole milk SCC and isolated cell yield. 3 L of milk was collected from bulk tank between 2020–2023 and the somatic cell count (SCC) per µL was measured using a DeLaval cell counter. Graph was determined using data provided in Supplemental Table 1. Association between the SCCs from whole milk and isolated cell yield were determined using Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient (weak negative correlation, r = -0.58). Nonlinear regression calculated the curve of best fit and the coefficient of determination (R² = 0.24)