. . "In addition to electrical conductivity, the use of milk components have been suggested as good indicators of mastitis, including such elements as sodium, chloride, potassium, lactose and bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Fernando et al., 1985, J. Dairy Sci. 68:449-456), milk temperature (Datta et al., 1984, Transactions of the American Society of Agriculture Engineers 27:1204-1210; Rossing et al., 1984," . .