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The udders can be contaminated with E-coli, salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria from manure. This can contaminate dairy products which MUST be pasteurised to kill pathogens. There are two ways of pasteurising colostrum – HTST (high temperature/short time) 15 seconds at 72 deg C. or a vat process 30-minute at 60 deg.
