Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:34:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPN_DISSERT.pdf: 1337463 bytes, checksum: aaed50bece00427adf0672e0a99b898a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / We analyzed the quality of raw milk from eight dairy farms in Rio Grande do Norte stored in a cooling tank , in order to evaluate methods for determining somatic cell counts (SCC). The Somaticell? kit and a portable Direct Cell Counter (DCC) were compared with each other and with the MilkoScanTM FT+ (FOSS Denmark), which uses Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy). Direct cell counter data were processed for somatic cell scores (log-transformed somatic cell count) and analyzed with the SAS?, statistical package , Statistical Analysis System, (SAS, INSTITUTE, 1998). Comparison of means and correlation of somatic cell scores were conducted using Pearson s correlation coefficient and the Tukey Test at 1 %. No significant difference was observed for comparison of means. The correlation between somatic cell scores was significant, that is, 0.907 and 0.876 between the MilkoScanTM FT+ and the Somaticell? kit and Direct Cell Count (DCC) respectively, and 0.943 between the Somaticell? kit and Direct Cell Count (DCC). The methods can be recommended for monitoring the quality of raw milk kept in a cooling tank in the production unit / A qualidade do leite cru mantido em tanque de resfriamento de oito propriedades do Rio Grande do Norte foi analisada, com o objetivo de avaliar m?todos para determina??o da contagem de c?lulas som?ticas (CCS). Foram usados o kit Somaticell? e o equipamento port?til Direct Cell Counter (DCC), sendo comparados entre si e com o MilkoScanTM FT+ (FOSS Denmark) que usa a metodologia do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier (IVTF). Os dados de CCS foram transformados para escore de c?lulas som?ticas ECS log (CCS) e analisados pelo pacote estat?stico SAS? Statical Analisys System, (SAS, INSTITUTE, 1998). Foram feitas a compara??o das m?dias e a correla??o dos escores de c?lulas som?ticas por meio do coeficiente de correla??o de Pearson, sendo aplicado o Teste de Tukey a 1%. N?o foi observada diferen?a significativa para a compara??o das m?dias. A correla??o entre os escores de c?lulas som?ticas foi significativa, sendo de 0,907 e 0,876 entre o MilkoScanTM FT+ e o kit Somaticell? e o Direct Cell Count (DCC) respectivamente, e de 0,943 entre o kit Somaticell? e o Direct Cell Count (DCC). Os m?todos avaliados podem ser recomendados para o monitoramento da qualidade do leite cru refrigerado mantido em tanque de resfriamento em n?vel de unidade produtiva