Why do I need One?
It is impossible to tell just by looking, how good the colostrums is. High quality colostrums is critical. In the past we have used a Colostrometer to measure quality. Recently a thing called a BRIX REFRACTOMETER has been found to be even better.
A refractometer, uses light to measure the quality of the colostrums (and sugar content of grapes, grasses etc in other fields)
Advantages of a Brix Refractometer over colostrometer
Much more accurate
Not affected by temperature
Optical ones more robust and compact
Using an Optical Refractometer
It takes a few attempts, but once you have worked it out, they are easy to use.
You put 2 drops of the colostrums onto the glass plate, close the cover, point at the light then look through the eyepiece.
You will see a blue line and you look at what number the line is on.
The higher the number, the better the colostrums.
High readings (>25% Brix) can be a bit blurry to read i.e. the blue-white line is a bit fuzzy. This doesn’t really matter because the low readings are very clear and as long as it’s above 22%Brix, then that is all we are interested in.
It is impossible to tell just by looking, how good the colostrums is. High quality colostrums is critical. In the past we have used a Colostrometer to measure quality. Recently a thing called a BRIX REFRACTOMETER has been found to be even better.
A refractometer, uses light to measure the quality of the colostrums (and sugar content of grapes, grasses etc in other fields)
Advantages of a Brix Refractometer over colostrometer
Much more accurate
Not affected by temperature
Optical ones more robust and compact
Using an Optical Refractometer
It takes a few attempts, but once you have worked it out, they are easy to use.
You put 2 drops of the colostrums onto the glass plate, close the cover, point at the light then look through the eyepiece.
You will see a blue line and you look at what number the line is on.
The higher the number, the better the colostrums.
High readings (>25% Brix) can be a bit blurry to read i.e. the blue-white line is a bit fuzzy. This doesn’t really matter because the low readings are very clear and as long as it’s above 22%Brix, then that is all we are interested in.