TY - JOUR
AU - Evans, Alice C.
AB - THE BACTERIA OF l\lILK FRESHLY DRA\VN FROl\1 NORlVIAL UDDERS * ALICE C. EVANS From the Research Laboratories of the Dairy Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. I:NTRODUCTION In the early years of the science of bacteriology it was supposed that freshly drawn milk was sterile and would keep indefinitely if out­ side contamination could be prevented. The earliest recorded determi­ nations of the bacterial content of such milk were made in 1891 by Schulz,"! who reported that the first milk to be drawn contained large numbers of bacteria and that the numbers decreased as the milking pro­ gressed. But the idea prevailed for a number of years that normal milk drawn under aseptic conditions was sterile and that bacteria found in freshly drawn milk were an indication of a diseased udder. It was a mooted question until the work of Moore'" and Ward'" definitely proved that the normal udder may, and usually does, harbor bacteria throughout the whole extent of lacti ferous ducts, including the most minute ducts, where the milk becomes contaminated as soon as secreted. This work was confirmed by De Freudenreich." Since the fact was established that milk is already contaminated before it 
TI - The Bacteria of Milk Freshly Drawn from Normal Udders
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/18.5.437
DA - 1916-05-01
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SP - 437
EP - 476
VL - 18
IS - 5
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