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Gerber Test For Fat % in Raw Milk Gerber Test For Fat % in Raw Milk
Gerber Test For Fat % in Raw Milk Gerber Test For Fat % in Raw Milk
Procedure
Add 10 ml of Gerber sulfuric acid :( specific gravity 1.823) at .1
. 15-21c into Gerber Butyrometer
Add 1ml of isoamyl alcohol and insert the lock stopper grasp .2
the test bottle at the graduated column and shake it until the curd
.is completely digested
.Adjust temperature of the milk sample to 22-21C .3
.Transfer 11ml well mixed milk sample to Gerber test bottle .4
Place them in a Gerber centrifuge close the cover and lock. .5
After the required speed 1500 rpm centrifuge for 5mint stop the
.centrifuge
Cows
Buffalo
Sheep
Goat
fat% in milk
minimum
%3
%5
%4
% 2.5
Calculate the total solid and total not fatty material and -2
protein by having the fat% and using some equations