The aim of the study was to determine the effect of degree of dirtiness of 64 cows on milk somatic cell count. Of the cows’ body parts evaluated, the lowest dirtiness scores were characteristic of underbelly (1.2 pts.) followed by udder (1.76 pts.). Most cows were slightly dirty (40.4%) or clean (38.6%), with 14.8% of dirty animals and only 6.3% of very dirty animals. Udder was clean in 46.7%, slightly dirty in 35%, and dirty or very dirty in 18.3% of the cows. Milk somatic cell count increased with the degree of dirtiness respective parties of the cows’ body.

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