Somatic cell and bacteria counts
This section includes monthly somatic cell and bacteria counts for milk quality.
Milk Quality Monthly Cell Counts
2021
2021 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
157,443
151,400
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
15,517
19,129
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
182,843
178,501
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,509
21,731
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
189,593
184,176
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
42,966
39,947
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
180,520
178,530
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
18,800
20,350
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
171,000
166,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
21,000
23,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
185,001
...
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,472
...
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
178,456
172,768
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
8,396
7,864
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
173,357
169,354
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
33,829
27,307
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
159,666
155,152
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
29,000
20,000
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2020
2020 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
163,250
157,739
152,131
146,365
151,730
173,005
172,712
182,216
178,099
170,818
160,180
157,029
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
27,751
22,435
21,264
22,420
20,000
22,098
21,495
20,270
22,094
20,293
19,942
17,359
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
194,715
188,532
187,385
182,467
182,970
189,870
199,115
203,058
195,372
188,513
180,674
175,588
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
24,446
22,372
19,092
19,732
19,813
22,015
22,406
23,172
22,320
26,123
25,362
23,918
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
197,573
195,555
199,923
196,938
193,365
199,806
214,693
215,007
206,712
199,725
189,962
185,536
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
41,791
42,296
33,360
39,251
36,376
37,631
48,255
44,128
40,691
39,722
40,256
37,488
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
205,000
206,000
199,000
193,000
187,366
201,223
221,440
221,350
209,870
194,220
184,070
192,800
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
30,000
20,000
19,000
19,000
21,257
21,834
59,060
22,400
21,330
25,940
22,850
23,150
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
190,000
185,000
175,000
173,000
175,000
192,000
209,000
217,000
205,000
188,000
180,000
177,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
23,000
21,000
20,000
23,000
22,000
24,000
24,000
21,000
21,000
22,000
25,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
191,095
184,133
181,795
175,440
176,266
189,084
208,298
221,380
204,934
199,619
191,967
189,175
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,883
21,639
21,034
21,750
21,812
22,283
25,202
26,216
23,246
22,883
22,439
23,747
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
170,343
174,023
171,096
162,455
172,080
171,769
192,056
208,227
192,759
188,299
181,995
184,218
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
4,816
4,923
5,987
5,263
3,474
6,407
5,910
8,002
7,007
5,551
6,317
5,888
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
178,094
177,065
170,427
169,192
168,820
185,748
200,824
217,879
204,690
190,424
179,464
180,246
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
36,197
33,464
31,817
31,336
30,270
38,589
38,924
48,625
32,337
35,784
33,469
32,606
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
163,000
166,000
164,665
155,532
167,763
168,021
189,600
197,403
170,897
160,242
161,609
156,434
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
21,019
16,617
19,000
16,000
16,000
20,000
19,000
19,000
18,000
21,000
23,000
27,000
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2019
2019 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
161,270
155,474
153,060
161,496
164,173
173,817
184,234
193,599
191,159
172,462
162,578
159,515
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,665
19,801
20,285
19,483
25,277
24,525
27,513
24,032
28,716
32,411
25,290
23,997
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
196,147
200,942
197,274
195,208
192,861
206,134
219,245
223,967
208,330
201,369
191,330
191,522
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
20,971
20,263
18,845
19,346
18,765
26,674
21,564
23,851
22,178
20,824
23,587
20,834
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
213,000
230,000
227,000
226,000
220,000
226,000
250,000
254,000
234,000
218,000
215,000
208,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
24,000
22,000
22,000
21,000
26,000
29,000
20,000
21,000
23,000
25,000
27,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
190,000
185,000
182,000
182,000
187,000
196,000
216,000
223,000
209,000
197,000
187,000
185,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
23,000
22,000
20,000
24,000
23,000
27,000
23,000
26,000
24,000
24,000
23,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
196,491
186,417
184,034
183,590
185,744
189,130
214,508
203,889
-
-
-
-
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
28,167
24,400
23,764
22,905
22,141
28,699
29,664
24,484
-
-
-
-
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
198,838
189,977
197,216
192,028
186,244
185,277
217,032
230,433
208,585
193,075
182,089
184,732
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
8,889
9,879
6,973
8,125
5,515
5,446
6,552
4,901
5,950
6,600
6,208
8,521
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
193,472
189,171
185,847
187,895
189,797
188,068
203,205
218,114
209,795
204,437
191,824
180,631
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
38,483
34,726
39,072
41,238
31,214
33,853
23,496
30,794
37,570
33,247
32,636
42,191
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
180,000
168,000
173,000
175,000
176,000
181,000
184,000
199,000
190,000
177,000
166,000
168,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
39,202
30,408
24,479
31,536
25,173
22,853
28,369
24,778
17,571
21,701
20,871
18,895
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2018
2018 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
165,961
160,998
156,207
157,725
164,691
171,251
179,055
189,346
179,782
165,353
163,601
162,513
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
26,097
28,088
25,454
21,530
20,371
23,246
21,652
20,948
22,588
22,341
26,645
20,231
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
198,622
196,183
192,159
187,416
195,412
208,155
218,943
220,803
205,232
186,446
188,643
192,774
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,305
25,620
26,794
22,201
23,834
28,784
25,552
24,127
24,944
24,099
22,465
23,880
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
222,000
221,000
225,000
222,000
227,000
238,000
260,000
254,000
235,000
218,000
214,000
213,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
23,000
27,000
23,000
24,000
30,000
22,000
18,000
22,000
20,000
26,000
25,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
204,000
200,000
196,000
191,000
194,000
213,000
228,000
235,000
233,000
209,000
196,000
194,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
26,000
23,000
23,000
24,000
23,000
21,000
21,000
26,000
26,000
21,000
22,000
23,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
200,572
190,893
192,314
190,177
192,343
196,767
215,650
227,554
223,784
208,194
201,386
201,442
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
28,540
30,604
30,010
25,443
28,530
28,250
31,464
34,083
26,313
26,280
27,660
29,529
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
206,062
176,354
181,979
177,716
193,551
181,140
215,216
244,995
230,941
205,046
207,470
205,195
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
7,040
8,094
7,698
7,712
14,667
10,796
8,980
16,266
19,886
6,441
10,810
9,209
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
201,474
177,824
184,293
181,857
184,661
184,594
214,504
254,113
234,188
211,823
200,116
202,982
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
34,420
47,630
32,317
33,678
36,783
38,030
35,860
38,543
28,537
34,804
33,402
32,911
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
197,000
198,000
187,000
191,000
202,000
198,000
195,000
221,000
203,000
192,000
195,000
190,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
27,759
47,762
57,430
18,104
33,248
27,872
42,060
45,868
23,014
25,728
20,647
55,098
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2017
2017 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
161,017
160,137
153,467
155,696
168,147
178,829
190,093
189,361
184,188
176,242
167,642
165,840
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
17,896
19,418
22,330
20,090
20,826
25,865
21,926
22,000
24,868
23,478
23,775
24,295
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
195,875
190,143
187,789
196,405
200,958
209,207
214,713
215,806
201,241
189,851
187,548
188,611
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,000
20,226
21,518
23,140
22,572
20,083
22,363
22,298
20,579
21,453
23,255
21,231
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
230,000
228,000
227,000
229,000
224,000
239,000
250,000
256,000
234,000
217,000
212,000
212,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
22,000
22,000
21,000
25,000
26,000
20,000
23,000
22,000
19,000
22,000
22,000
21,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
208,000
206,000
203,000
204,000
209,000
224,000
241,000
245,000
232,000
230,000
213,000
206,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,000
23,000
23,000
21,000
25,000
22,000
22,000
25,000
23,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
201,584
196,859
196,467
200,391
203,137
210,606
225,595
227,249
217,658
218,467
212,522
202,812
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,731
23,902
22,801
25,576
24,632
30,170
31,359
26,240
28,670
27,090
32,554
29,085
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
174,256
175,846
185,333
194,718
196,701
208,964
211,762
213,109
205,699
186,062
179,741
190,155
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
9,764
8,572
6,491
5,898
7,227
9,097
8,413
11,481
6,225
8,720
7,501
10,690
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
181,209
180,880
194,120
191,296
200,627
208,316
213,763
214,022
214,145
206,703
199,400
189,575
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
40,327
36,505
41,422
43,343
34,340
52,332
28,269
29,890
30,083
52,258
53,426
55,454
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
196,000
205,000
...
205,000
207,000
204,000
217,000
226,000
209,000
199,000
195,000
194,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,997
22,820
...
205,000
20,313
26,945
27,946
21,361
26,531
17,123
22,445
20,289
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2016
2016 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
159,156
153,308
150,683
155,481
163,415
178,065
184,209
194,847
184,363
175,919
168,723
165,559
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
21,062
22,030
19,548
19,648
24,784
22,686
23,753
22,232
26,614
20,406
22,007
21,025
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
184,869
180,575
185,980
185,980
188,772
190,978
210,713
221,567
211,335
194,817
190,352
193,663
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,512
18,548
17,596
19,282
19,759
21,525
20,535
24,125
20,683
19,898
21,117
22,213
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
221,000
221,00
223,000
227,000
224,000
240,000
260,000
275,000
249,000
234,000
227,000
224,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
29,000
25,000
26,000
22,000
27,000
20,000
18,000
16,000
15,000
19,000
22,000
24,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
205,000
203,000
203,000
205,000
204,000
217,000
229,000
249,000
246,000
232,000
219,000
214,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
22,000
20,000
24,000
23,000
21,000
21,000
22,000
22,000
21,000
22,000
22,000
23,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
203,956
196,018
191,444
192,171
196,292
N/A
218,219
229,552
224,236
210,551
203,472
203,364
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,774
26,652
26,093
24,088
25,824
N/A
29,558
25,826
27,241
26,246
23,601
26,670
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
176,850
171,400
171,910
181,508
N/A
185,556
209,086
219,492
210,406
189,694
187,041
186,154
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
6,596
6,858
9,621
4,803
N/A
7,193
10,470
29,558
8,971
30,460
5,970
9,619
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
194,731
191,868
187,559
183,450
190,828
191,654
209,195
225,018
221,243
202,702
193,000
197,220
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
37,203
31,579
46,300
32,910
27,298
35,881
33,000
27,947
26,084
23,316
30,460
42,587
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
202,000
197,000
200,000
208,000
208,000
200,000
212,000
228,000
211,000
204,000
202,000
214,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
15,770
17,682
24,850
19,520
19,279
24,850
27,466
25,886
22,916
17,135
26,889
22,232
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2015
2015 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
166,926
167,153
167,758
167,961
171,510
176,142
182,434
200,783
197,243
193,168
182,554
172,514
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
22,585
20,128
16,449
18,961
18,832
20,880
26,505
28,983
23,714
22,495
21,576
20,782
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
187,248
189,844
192,124
200,592
199,457
206,970
218,996
223,824
209,833
194,134
188,600
183,666
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,916
20,313
20,041
20,866
21,115
20,224
24,282
21,935
20,070
22,677
21,467
19,091
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
229,000
228,000
231,000
229,000
227,000
241,000
274,000
267,000
260,000
236,000
227,000
224,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
28,000
23,000
31,000
19,000
15,000
20,000
27,000
28,000
34,000
22,000
26,000
28,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
203,000
203,000
208,000
207,000
219,000
233,000
243,000
250,000
244,000
222,000
204,000
206,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,000
19,000
22,000
18,000
20,000
19,000
19,000
20,000
19,000
22,000
23,000
22,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
198,433
193,665
192,439
195,904
199,907
208,939
219,071
236,470
237,951
216,001
212,249
210,501
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,469
26,989
29,569
27,769
25,734
28,428
27,611
28,149
23,591
24,069
24,353
26,742
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
166,618
189,755
183,529
176,749
184,384
181,337
197,327
207,143
210,000
185,347
180,450
178,850
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
7,589
11,623
7,136
5,474
21,312
7,255
7,112
7,181
6,681
6,320
14,129
6,586
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
180,187
200,574
200,574
187,681
194,083
192,148
215,605
223,087
220,795
199,847
195,307
191,132
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
27,526
70,039
72,039
51,320
37,240
78,703
83,476
23,502
59,424
36,026
34,754
131,502
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
193,000
195,000
202,000
206,000
212,000
215,000
222,000
227,000
223,000
204,000
199,000
211,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
18,771
33,056
28,692
35,196
17,324
20,591
19,582
34,306
20,237
23,850
22,533
23,315
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2014
2014 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
159,260
154,865
149,076
150,962
150,330
156,999
167,600
184,733
198,581
188,862
185,245
172,963
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
24,136
20,495
18,475
20,720
19,151
19,496
20,757
20,134
26,113
24,348
18,712
18,971
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
182,347
178,876
178,294
177,552
181,690
194,383
211,351
223,461
204,452
192,049
188,548
187,674
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,605
20,816
20,223
18,437
19,842
23,274
23,092
22,126
20,344
18,038
19,420
21,569
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
226,000
237,000
234,000
235,000
233,000
241,000
269,000
268,000
251,000
234,000
225,000
225,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
30,000
31,000
31,000
21,000
23,000
37,000
29,000
19,000
32,000
33,000
48,000
27,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
199,000
197,000
196,000
196,000
204,000
218,000
233,000
231,000
229,000
217,000
209,000
205,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,000
25,000
24,000
25,000
25,000
22,000
21,000
20,000
21,000
19,000
22,000
21,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
202,574
194,416
188,435
191,816
197,073
N/A
223,817
224,918
223,934
218,174
209,659
204,584
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
26,667
24,946
23,362
27,651
27,415
N/A
27,969
25,252
24,145
23,791
23,982
26,895
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
187,014
178,683
172,961
180,000
165,810
175,569
210,298
216,449
197,356
174,278
185,312
183,515
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
8,923
7,945
5,261
5,862
6,620
5,023
14,979
7,364
9,685
4,915
6,151
5,438
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
180,603
182,042
182,443
184,625
184,425
185,311
217,013
213,288
209,836
186,030
196,303
195,437
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
10,747
24,268
34,838
25,698
36,601
17,046
162,433
35,487
36,099
84,017
31,122
46,065
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
198,000
189,000
183,000
189,000
192,000
204,000
218,000
223,000
211,000
194,000
201,000
203,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
32,239
23,310
17,186
21,887
17,344
20,703
32,027
56,787
20,022
51,962
17,631
19,406
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2013
2013 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
167,643
162,152
152,502
145,756
147,569
154,661
160,924
177,207
181,208
163,377
162,237
161,843
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
17,510
17,953
19,825
18,900
19,732
18,792
28,395
28,187
28,288
25,091
16,489
18,124
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
185,133
181,561
180,415
180,149
185,743
199,458
218,094
215,148
206,079
191,575
180,854
179,932
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
20,123
18,727
18,003
19,821
21,391
19,905
19,708
27,537
18,086
20,828
22,109
21,761
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
246,000
241,000
231,000
225,000
231,000
238,000
269,000
264,000
274,000
240,000
223,000
227,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
21,000
21,000
32,000
28,000
26,000
18,000
26,000
22,000
28,000
31,000
27,000
31,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
207,000
204,000
199,000
195,000
207,000
219,000
249,000
244,000
236,000
218,000
206,000
200,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
22,000
22,000
20,000
23,000
20,000
26,000
22,000
22,000
22,000
23,000
21,000
21,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
216,570
210,084
206,713
202,465
209,487
220,547
236,497
245,046
239,255
226,254
219,551
213,713
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,054
25,356
24,766
24,792
24,553
25,529
27,180
29,000
25,782
24,797
25,255
24,556
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
203,052
206,676
199,928
191,900
186,392
196,450
229,962
221,679
228,325
199,563
187,577
176,734
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
9,862
6,544
5,549
4,876
6,060
7,855
11,108
6,663
7,329
5,636
6,467
6,773
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
216,187
206,778
207,353
195,271
201,383
208,895
227,097
235,651
225,941
196,185
184,267
182,377
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
8,460
9,711
28,286
11,703
11,435
10,517
11,811
13,726
10,772
14,776
15,920
12,797
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
188,000
183,000
190,000
188,000
190,000
194,000
214,000
223,000
212,000
202,000
193,000
189,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,095
21,520
18,993
18,487
28,174
19,867
15,523
16,523
19,755
18,630
18,776
17,882
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2012
2012 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
183,836
179,034
172,042
172,199
170,149
177,495
178,217
197,975
189,137
170,954
164,715
164,342
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
19,742
21,987
16,790
16,404
23,703
14,828
21,152
23,831
20,374
21,130
20,664
18,507
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
207,230
204,171
198,052
200,995
213,797
219,602
235,898
233,705
207,876
193,941
186,139
184,647
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
18,851
19,481
19,087
20,986
18,678
18,617
21,087
20,908
18,350
17,994
20,551
17,017
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
262,000
266,000
261,000
273,000
268,000
278,000
310,000
303,000
271,000
246,000
244,000
239,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
27,000
29,000
26,000
23,000
20,000
26,000
27,000
20,000
20,000
19,000
24,000
23,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
233,000
225,000
225,000
216,000
221,000
235,000
261,000
260,000
239,000
220,000
212,000
209,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
23,000
22,000
20,000
22,000
21,000
21,000
20,000
20,000
21,000
21,000
21,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
243,697
232,257
230,808
226,924
228,902
236,676
248,922
251,576
248,047
236,177
231,091
223,869
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
32,981
32,627
47,645
36,022
40,598
46,293
46,814
47,214
36,447
37,187
28,319
37,254
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
215,275
216,281
202,274
201,884
208,029
192,605
222,895
240,824
227,638
212,119
204,367
215,294
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
6,168
7,777
4,807
6,527
5,469
5,073
16,844
13,178
7,513
5,335
6,122
8,074
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
227,008
219,419
219,421
213,116
210,361
210,216
216,593
245,158
240,444
228,124
218,365
215,212
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
11,049
9,278
3,306
11,344
20,519
7,071
14,095
13,436
20,249
11,432
9,946
10,770
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
207,000
206,000
212,000
213,000
219,000
208,000
219,000
233,000
214,000
195,000
196,000
197,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
6,039
6,631
5,943
7,521
10,677
10,755
8,043
25,166
22,022
21,885
19,316
18,768
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2011
2011 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
157,079
160,222
166,222
166,304
164,801
171,713
190,436
199,124
190,579
183,489
175,087
158,312
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
21,951
19,674
22,242
16,972
14,567
28,055
16,612
15,928
21,751
28,203
19,392
20,164
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
207,974
215,375
219,175
221,235
217,086
227,388
261,394
259,737
233,431
215,386
208,670
207,738
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
20,014
18,376
18,543
19,603
20,177
24,373
24,072
20,800
17,960
17,435
19,219
17,838
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
278,000
290,000
288,000
281,000
287,000
304,000
338,000
332,000
304,000
279,000
267,000
261,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
31,000
33,000
24,000
28,000
34,000
39,000
39,000
29,000
29,000
23,000
20,000
22,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
231,000
225,000
222,000
224,000
235,000
254,000
270,000
288,000
267,000
252,000
239,000
235,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
23,000
22,000
24,000
25,000
24,000
26,000
26,000
27,000
23,000
23,000
24,000
25,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
240,829
233,004
228,952
226,366
236,176
248,293
267,059
275,784
263,392
254,595
250,602
245,137
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
42,579
37,554
36,619
36,790
49,751
42,230
41,955
41,259
33,786
29,257
29,064
35,196
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
227,110
210,899
230,026
214,743
217,112
225,114
247,356
263,606
250,757
240,179
223,633
222,046
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
5,467
12,965
7,942
5,384
5,451
5,316
8,693
9,652
6,641
7,821
9,393
8,200
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
222,072
214,153
222,460
218,972
232,133
232,356
241,850
254,902
246,525
238,062
235,619
236,103
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
8,972
8,858
10,629
11,343
9,710
8,336
14,336
8,039
7,846
13,333
8,660
15,302
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
238,000
234,000
234,000
224,000
229,000
231,000
250,000
259,000
269,000
234,000
229,000
219,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
6,884
7,805
9,502
7,496
6,987
6,095
9,923
7,495
10,150
7,966
6,690
8,155
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2010 somatic cell and bacteria count (per ml )
British Columbia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
167,911
167,264
157,884
181,096
158,431
180,154
203,112
200,153
202,794
197,761
168,371
162,868
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
74,256
18,600
22,148
36,943
37,396
31,352
23,723
18,788
24,506
Alberta (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
198,286
200,042
204,464
206,798
207,129
220,693
239,838
251,436
238,238
227,049
215,167
209,333
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
25,142
21,098
20,653
20,197
20,691
23,603
24,798
21,978
20,305
19,311
18,890
20,306
Saskatchewan (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
273,207
271,072
282,008
272,776
282,487
300,327
334,767
339,729
341,177
296,556
293,704
286,226
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manitoba (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
272,000
272,000
274,000
276,000
279,000
296,000
333,000
353,000
309,000
285,000
277,000
272,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
31,000
19,000
17,000
15,000
19,000
27,000
36,000
32,000
32,000
48,000
34,000
31,000
Ontario (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
226,000
219,000
210,000
219,000
236,000
261,000
284,000
295,000
278,000
254,000
241,000
236,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
33,000
32,000
31,000
29,000
26,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
27,000
25,000
25,000
24,000
Quebec (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
251,889
247,765
263,975
248,503
249,795
252,331
301,428
295,875
279,787
266,739
259,020
250,603
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
46,800
39,782
36,940
31,553
39,338
42,649
44,193
40,300
35,424
35,739
40,463
43,063
New Brunswick (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
230,366
222,377
219,808
223,167
225,845
224,322
243,681
258,013
253,447
245,316
233,487
243,357
Bacteria
(Standard Plate Count)
5,757
6,245
7,184
8,771
5,313
9,150
9,040
6,110
7,216
7,264
9,437
9,719
Nova Scotia (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
238,992
231,466
235,865
237,920
233,520
232,923
264,243
268,751
278,016
247,794
244,730
235,359
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
16,783
19,205
12,908
10,024
6,806
10,218
11,767
8,528
8,008
7,737
10,165
20,308
Prince Edward Island (PER ml )
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Somatic Cell
246,000
232,000
230,000
239,000
231,000
245,000
273,000
275,000
265,000
237,000
242,000
238,000
Bacteria (Bactoscan)
7,931
8,518
9,091
9,098
11,482
8,602
12,429
10,162
11,796
7,371
7,374
13,461
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Source: Provincial Milk Boards and Agencies
Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section
Date modified:
2021-04-08