Abstract : This study was performed to investigate the best staining method for the somatic cell classification of dairy goat milk. Dairy goat milk samples, which were collected randomly from a dairy goat farm in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, were stained and analyzed with direct microscopic method, using 5 different staining methods; Wright''s stain, Giemsa stain, Diff-quik stain, Newman''s stain and Pyronin Y-Methyl Green stain, respectively. Among them, The Newman''s staining was found to be the most rapid and effective method, for it required the shortest time for staining and provided the easiest way to classify somatic cells.