[Examination of the udder quarters of the first calving for Streptococcus group B of breeding cow market management of the Rhinish Association for the Schwartzbund cattle breed (RVS)].

Quarter milk samples from 344 heifers were examined on group-B-streptococci. In none of the 1376 milk-samples Streptococcus agalactiae could be detected. The problem of examination of B-streptococci is discussed and proposals from the examination on udders of heifers are given.