MooScan optically measures immune-cell activation in raw milk, flagging udder inflammation earlier and more specifically than somatic cell count. In 30 seconds. For cents per test.
Somatic cell count is mandatory, but today it's lab-based, batched, and typically run just once a month per cow. By the time a count comes back high, milk has already been lost and antibiotics are already needed.
Mastitis drives milk loss, treatment cost, and antibiotic-driven milk-withholding periods across every herd worldwide.
The reference standard (FOSS / ICBA) runs off-site, in batches — not real-time, and not per-milking.
SCC counts cells whether or not they're inflamed. The clinical signal is whether immune cells are actually activated.
In an inflamed udder, up to 99% of cells in milk are immune cells, and up to 90% of those are neutrophils. When activated, neutrophils release reactive oxygen species. MooScan reads that activity directly.
A chemiluminescent reaction emits light only when neutrophils are actively inflamed — a far more specific marker than raw cell count.
Detect inflammation before existing field tests can — earlier intervention means less milk loss and less antibiotic use.
A result in ~30 seconds at roughly $0.5 in consumables — built to run every day, not once a month.
A 2 ml sample of raw milk is drawn — at the desktop unit, or in-line straight off the milk channel.
Dried reagent in the plate reacts with active neutrophils, producing light proportional to inflammation.
A high-sensitivity light sensor in a dark chamber counts the emission rate and reports udder-health status.
In benchtop and early field comparisons against the FOSS / ICBA reference standard, MooScan's optical signal rises and falls with somatic cell count — while responding specifically to the cells that are actually inflamed.
Illustrative of observed pattern. Spikes in cell count are matched by spikes in optical signal.
The same core optical assay, packaged for where dairies need it — a standalone desktop unit today, and in-line integration with robotic milking systems next.
A compact dark-chamber instrument with a high-sensitivity light sensor and heated sample tray — running comparative measurements on-farm today.
An automated sampler tapping the main milk channel of robotic milking stations — per-milking, per-quarter udder health with zero added labor.
MooScan isn't a slide deck. Multiple prototype generations and live instrument logs exist, and structured pilots are underway at working Israeli and Global dairies — benchmarked against the official reference standard.
Join the pilot program →Neutrophil ROS activity quantified in milk and spiked samples; reaction kinetics characterized.
Early field comparison against FOSS / ICBA showed a clear indication — enough to move to farm pilots.
Two-phase protocols proposed at two big Israeli dairies — comparative research plus an 8-week operated pilot.
A domain-expert immunologist paired with a systems engineer who has built measurement instruments for two decades.
Professor of Immunology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; an authority on neutrophil biology, inflammatory disease, and immunotherapy. Inventor on 4 patents.
MSc Applied Optics; 20+ years across semiconductor and medtech (Lumenis, KLA, Sarine, Tower). Inventor on 13 patents.
Drives commercial strategy, OEM relationships and connecting the technology to the dairy industry.
Run a MooScan pilot at your dairy, or explore inline integration as a milking-equipment partner.