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Chemical Composition of Milk Obtained From Holstein Friesian 5fkhieh47c
Chemical Composition of Milk Obtained From Holstein Friesian 5fkhieh47c
Chemical Composition of Milk Obtained From Holstein Friesian 5fkhieh47c
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210648
Vol.8; Issue: 6; June 2021
Website: www.ijrrjournal.com
Research Paper E-ISSN: 2349-9788; P-ISSN: 2454-2237
key factors: cleaning and adequate hold and dairy, the milk was kept at t = 4оC in two De
transport of the milk. Laval milk freezers with a capacity of 7,800
Yayaro et al., (2004); Zrinka Cacic litres. The average daily milk production on
et. al., (2003) concluded that the somatic the farm was about 14,000 liters.
cells and total count of bacteria in milk
might be indicators for breed control, health Methods
udder of the animal, and milk quality. Determination of chemical composition
The chemical analysis of all milk
MATERIALS AND METHODS samples were made twice in a month. All
Materials chemical analysis of milk (determination of
Holstein Friesian cows (12) in the fats, proteins, lactose and dry matter) were
first lactation and (12) cows in the second made on a high-precision infrared analyzer -
lactation were taken in the study. The LACTOSCOPE.
examined samples were taken in the post-
colostrum period in the first six months of Statistical analysis
lactation. Each parameter was determined after
The cows were raised in controlled three repetitions, and the results are
conditions on a cattle farm with a capacity presented as mean value ± Sd. The obtained
of about 860 cows in the same care and results are mathematically and statistically
nutrition conditions. Milking was performed processed in Microsoft Excel.
by machine - automatically with Duovak
400 DE Laval, and the samples were taken RESEARCH RESULTS
from a vector - milk meter. Milking was The results from the average protein
performed twice at 12-hour intervals. The content in the chemical composition of
milk is transported through milk pipes that Holstein Friesian cows during the first and
are installed in the Barn and outside it to a second lactation are presented in Table 1.
collection dairy. Until transportation to the
In Table 1 the average protein due to the increase use of protein foods in
content (%) by months is presented. the diet of the cows. The average values in
According to the results it can be concluded the herd of the first lactation was 3.14% and
that in the herd during the first lactation the in the herd of the second lactation was
protein content varies from 2.84 to 3.48%, 3.21%, which confirms that they are close
with the coefficient of variation ranging and we can conclude that the percentage of
from 3.92 to 8.21%. In the second lactation protein largely depends on genetic factors,
in the herd, the average protein content but in this case also on paragenetic factors
ranges from 2.90% to 3.78%, with the (from diet). There are differences in the
coefficient of variation ranging from 6.83 to percentage of protein in the fifth and sixth
14.68%. months but they are insignificant.
From the results, it can be noticed Similar reports about protein content
that the herds in both lactations tend to as compound of the chemical composition,
increase the percentage of protein, which is during the early lactation from Holstein
daily cows were found by Dong-Hyun Lim Holstein Friesian cows during the first and
et al.,(2020); Delaby et al., (2009). second lactation are given in Table 2.
The results from the average fat
content in the chemical composition of
The average fat content (%) per higher (p<0,05) in early and late than mid
month in the herd from the first lactation stage of lactation, which is confirmed from
varies from 3.04% to 3.63%, with the the results.
coefficient of variation ranging from 6.11 to The average mean values of lactose
21.92%. The average fat content of the herd in% are shown in Table 3.
in the second lactation varies from 3.12 to From the results it can be seen that
3.63% where the coefficient of variation lactose content (%) as part of the chemical
ranges from 12.99 to 20.79%. composition of milk, in herd in the first
This tendency is a result of the later lactation varies from 4.39% to 4.54% where
lactation period in which the herd and the the coefficient of variation ranges from 1.86
diet are located, i.e. in the first, second, and to 5.66%. In herd in the second lactation,
the third month of the examinations (spring) the average lactose content ranges from 4.29
the percentage of green food is higher to 4.39%, with the coefficient of variation
(indicated, with a higher % of water), for the ranging from 2.93 to 5.05%.
remaining three months, foods with a higher From the first to the third month
percentage of dry matter were used. there is a tendency of increase the values of
From the presented data it can be lactose in both lactations, and in the fourth,
noticed that the average fat content in the fifth and sixth month there is a smaller
herd in the first lactation is 3.25% and in the tendency of decrease.
herd in the second lactation 3.29%. The Decreasing lactose content (%) in
differences are small and insignificant, but the fifth and sixth months is due to the
still, there are slightly higher values as a physiological course of lactation on the one
result of the higher consumption of dry hand and on the other hand as a result of the
matter in the herd during the second increased number of somatic cells in these
lactation. months where lactose appears as the first
Gurmessa & Melaku 2012, reported indicator, and thus more identified mastitis
that fat content of the milk was significantly in that period.
Dry matter (%) content in chemical composition of milk from Holstein Friesian cows
during I and II lactation are presented in Table 4.
From the results presented in Table The average values of the content of
4, which refer to the percentage of dry milk protein, fat, lactose and dry matter in
matter in herds in the first and second the milk of first lactation are: 3,14%, 3,25%,
lactation, it can be concluded that in the first 4,46 %, 11,48% and in the milk of second
lactation, the average content varies from lactation are: 3,21%, 3,29%, 4,39% and
10.99% to 12.09%, where the coefficient of 11,68%. The milk provided from cows in
variation ranges from 2.04% to 6.24%. In the second lactation had a higher
the herd in the second lactation, the average concentration of protein, more fat and dry
content varies from 11.14% to 12.26%, with matter than cow's milk from the first
the coefficient of variation ranging from lactation.
5.72% to 9.3%. The properties of milk from cows of
Comparing the values of dry matter Holstein Friesian breed, analyzed in the
from both lactations, a tendency of a experiment, showed typical values,
constant increase of the percentage of dry consistent with the relevant requirement
matter from the first to the sixth month can specified in legal regulations.
be noticed. This tendency is physiologically Therefore, the current study suggests
expected and is within the normal range. that milk from Holstein Friesian cows in the
The average values of dry matter in second lactation is more efficient in
the second lactation are somewhat higher as processing dairy products compared to
a result of the higher values of other Holstein milk from the first lactation, under
ingredients that are part of the milk (protein, the same environmental and dietary
fat). Similar results about content of dry conditions.
matter in the chemical composition of milk
from the Holstein Friesian cows during Acknowledgement: None
lactation were found by Yoo J. et al.,
(2019); Stoop WM et al., (2009); Horan B, Conflict of Interest: None
et al., (2005); Coleman J. et al.,(2010).
Source of Funding: None
CONCLUSION
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