Use SCC Linear Score when you need to convert a dairy milk somatic cell count to the standard linear score LS = log2(SCC / 100,000) + 3. Enter Somatic cell count cells/mL using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.

Somatic cell count cells/mL

A finite measured or assumed value.

The published tool contract uses this rule: Convert a dairy milk somatic cell count to the standard linear score LS = log2(SCC / 100,000) + 3.

Somatic cell linear score

The calculated somatic cell linear score.

The calculation does not propagate measurement uncertainty, sampling error, or biological and chemical variability.

Retain the original Somatic cell count cells/mL values and their units alongside the result. Hemocytometer Cell Count is useful when you instead need to convert the average cells per hemocytometer square into cells per milliliter. Red Cell Concentration provides another view by helping you convert cells counted in a hemocytometer square into a red cell concentration in millions per microliter using countedCells x dilutionFactor / 10.

• Hemocytometer Cell Count

  Convert the average cells per hemocytometer square into cells per milliliter.

• Red Cell Concentration

  Convert cells counted in a hemocytometer square into a red cell concentration in millions per microliter using countedCells x dilutionFactor / 10.

• Mastitis Risk Category

  Classify mastitis risk from the somatic cell count in cells per millilitre.