COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COLOSTRUM AND MILK COMPOSITION OF SEVEN BREEDS OF SWINE

1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. FAHMY

Colostrum and milk samples taken at 1, 14, 28, and 35 days after farrowing from 31 sows of seven breeds (Yorkshire, Landrace, Lacombe, Duroc, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Large Black) were chemically analyzed to study the effects of breed and stage of lactation on composition. Breed was a significant source of variation for fat, sodium, and magnesium percentages of milk, and potassium percentage of the colostrum. Significant breed differences were also found in energy and ash, total solids, and phosphorus percentages. Yorkshire, Hampshire, and Lacombe were generally higher and Berkshire and Large Black lower in milk constituents than the other breeds. Significant changes in total solids, protein, ash, calcium, and phosphorus percentages were observed with the advance in lactation. The overall means for the different determinations of milk corrected for the effects of breed and stage of lactation were: specific gravity, 39 Quevenne/15.6 C; energy, 1.11 kcal/g; ash %, 1.04; total solids %, 19.0; fat %, 6.3; protein %, 5.4; calcium %, 0.20; sodium %, 0.04; potassium %, 0.10; magnesium %, 0.02; and phosphorus %, 0.17.

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kuchtík ◽  
K. Šustová ◽  
T. Urban ◽  
D. Zapletal

The evaluation of the effect of the stage of lactation on milk composition, its properties and the quality of rennet curdling was carried out over the period of three successive years using milk samples (<I>n</I> = 162) obtained from a total of 27 ewes of the East Friesian (EF) breed, reared on a small sheep farm in Juřinka in the region of Wallachia. The stage of lactation had a highly significant effect on the contents of all milk components. However, only the contents of total solids (TS), solids non-fat (SNF), fat (F), protein (P) and casein (CN) gradually increased with the advancement of lactation. The stage of lactation also had a highly significant effect both on all the properties of milk and the rennet curdling quality (RCQ). All phenotypic correlations between the particular contents of TS, SNF, F, P, CN and urea nitrogen (UN) were positive and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001). On the other hand, all phenotypic correlations between milk yield and particular contents of TS, SNF, F, P, CN and UN were negative and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001). The majority of phenotypic correlations between rennet clotting time (RCT) and the other particular parameters was insignificant. However, the phenotypic correlations between lactose (L) and RCT and between pH and RCT were positive and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001) whereas the phenotypic correlation between titratable acidity (TA) and RCT was negative and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001). The majority of phenotypic correlations between the rennet curdling quality (RCQ) and the other particular parameters was insignificant. Nevertheless, the phenotypic correlations between pH and RCQ and between RCT and RCQ were positive and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001) whereas the phenotypic correlation between TA and RCQ was negative and high (<I>P</I> ≤ 0.001).


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
T. J. Williams ◽  
I. J. James ◽  
M. R. Abdulateef ◽  
L. O. Onabegun ◽  
S. O. Jinadu ◽  
...  

Twelve matured lactating ewes weighing between 16 and 24 kg live weight were used to evaluate the effects of stage of lactation and parity on milk composition and specific gravity of milk of West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep in a semi-intensive system of management. Stage of lactation was divided into 4: early, mid, late and very late respectively with 3 weeks interval. The animals were of parities 1and 2 and were allowed to graze on an established paddock in the University Farm for 5 hours and supplemented with concentrate (17% CP, 5% BW) daily. Animals were hand milked once daily at 8.00 am for 12 weeks. Stage of lactation significantly (P < 0.05) affected specific gravity of milk while parity did not have any significant effect. Daily milk mass and daily milk volume decreased linearly from early to very late stage of lactation; 158.276 to 34.411 g and 156.054 to 34.410 cm3 respectively. Average composition of milk components were 3.78%, 4.49%, 0.76%, 4.99%, 9.02% and 14.00% for protein, lactose, ash, fat, solid non-fat and total solids respectively. Stage of lactation significantly (P<0.001) affected milk protein, lactose, fat, solid non-fat and total solid except ash. However, parity did not significantly affect any of these milk constituents. The contents of total solids, solid non-fat, fat and protein were positively correlated with. On the other hand, phenotypic correlations between lactose, protein and fat were negative. It was concluded that stage of lactation exerts significant influence on specific gravity and composition of milk of WAD sheep while parity did not


1994 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
GH. A. El-Sayiad ◽  
A. A. M. Habeeb ◽  
A. M. El-Maghawry

Forty-five New Zealand White and 35 Californian doe rabbits, 8 months old and in the third parity of their 1st year of production were used in this study. Thirty-five does were concurrently pregnant and lactating, the remaining 45 does were non-pregnant. Milk samples were collected in colostrum and at the 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and 35th days of lactation. Neither breed nor pregnancy status affected the does milk composition except for total phosphorus which was significantly lower (P < 0·05) in the pregnant does' milk. However the major components of milk except lactose, were significantly affected by stage of lactation. Both moisture: total solids and calcium: phosphorus ratios were the same (2:1) throughout the lactation. The ratio between retinol concentration in colostrum and in the 5th week was about 10:1. Specific gravity was significantly (P < 0·05) correlated with protein, lactose (positive) and fat (negative).


2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
MY Arafat ◽  
R Habib ◽  
MSR Siddiki ◽  
MF Imam

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the quality of existing ultra-high temperature (UHT) treated milk available in two selected town markets of Bangladesh. A total of 27 UHT milk samples from three different brands–Pran Dairy (A), Aarong Dairy (B) and Farm Fresh (C) were collected from local markets at Mymensingh and Gazipur districts during the period of 1stSeptember to 29th November, 2014. Parameters studied in this experiment were organoleptic (flavour, consistency, colour and appearance), physic-chemical (specific gravity, acidity, total solids, solids-not-fat, fat, protein, lactose, and ash) and microbiological (Total Viable Count and Coliform Count). All the samples were similar in respect of color, flavor, taste and texture, and no significant difference was observed. However, significant differences were revealed (p<0.05) in case of specific gravity, acidity, total solids, solids-not-fat, and protein content. On the other hand, insignificant differences were found (p>0.05) in case of fat, lactose, and ash content. Total Viable Count and Coliform count were found to be nil in all the milk samples. Milk samples of Farm Fresh UHT milk were superior to other brands of UHT Milk in terms of contents of total solids (119.23±0.57 g/kg),fat (34.97±0.35g/kg), lactose (43.23±0.51g/kg), and ash (7.00±0.26g/kg). Though there were some fluctuations in all the parameters studied, all the milk samples conformed to the standard values for UHT milk, and in general all of the UHT milk samples studied in this experiment was of good quality.Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2015. 44 (3):132-136


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Lucia Mačuhová ◽  
Vladimír Tančin ◽  
Juliana Mačuhová

Milking frequency is the main factor regulating milk yield and milk quality if feeding, welfare, health, and environmental conditions are adequate. Milk yield and composition are substantially influenced by breed, and consequently the breed has an impact on both factors at a different frequency of milking. Further, the size of cisternal compartment plays an important role in accommodating secreted milk between milkings. Thus, ewes with large cisterns (i.e. large cisternal area, high cisternal milk percentage, and delayed tight junction opening during milk stasis) adapt themselves better to longer milking intervals than ewes with a small cistern. The increase of milking frequency from two to three times a day can lead to an increase of milk yield in the range of 3 to 36%. On the other hand, the reduction of milking frequency from twice to once a day can decrease milk yield from 9 to 67%. Two milkings per week could be omitted with no negative effects on milk yield, milk composition, and somatic cell count in ewes with large cisterns. However, besides the breed and cistern storage capacity, the results in literature show that the effects of milking frequency on milk yield and milk composition can vary according to the stage of lactation, individual animal, production level, practice of stripping, and duration of changed frequency. The right use of different milking frequency strategies can result in increased milk yield or in significant savings in labour and time spent in the milking parlour with negligible or no negative effects on milk yield and composition.


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 2556-2561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria B. Kretzmann ◽  
Daniel P. Costa ◽  
Lesley V. Higgins ◽  
D. J. Needham

Thirty-eight milk samples collected over three seasons from 23 individual Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) were analyzed. Mean milk composition was 25.4% lipid (± 9.3% SD), 62.4% water (± 8.1%), 10.5% protein (± 2.2%), and 0.9% ash (± 0.2%). Milk composition appeared to vary considerably among females, and occasionally between successive samples from the same individual. Milk fat content was not correlated with pup age (stage of lactation), female mass, length of the preceding foraging trip, or time onshore prior to milk collection. The relatively low lipid content of Australian sea lion milk compared with that of some other otariid seals is consistent with the hypothesis that otariid females making relatively short trips to sea produce milk with lower fat content than those species which make foraging trips of longer duration.


Author(s):  
Lenka Novotná ◽  
Jan Kuchtík ◽  
Igor Dobeš ◽  
Květoslava Šustová ◽  
Pavlína Zajícová

The evaluation of the effect of somatic cells count on ewe’s milk composition, its properties and on the quality of rennet curd was carried using milk samples obtained from a total 10 ewes F112 crossbreeds of Lacaune (L), East Friesian (EF) and Improved Wallachian (IW), reared on a ecological sheep farm in Valašská Bystřice. All ewes were on the 1st  lactation, in good nutritive condition and clinically healthy. The sampling was carried on 47th, 81st, 123rd, 152nd and 189th day of lactation. The analysis involved a total of 50 milk samples, which were categorized into 5 different SCC groups: 1st group (≤ 10 000 SC/ml), 2nd  group (11 000–50 000 SC/ml), 3rd  group (51 000–100 000 SC/ml), 4th  group (101 000–200 000 SC/ml), 5th  group (≥ 201 000 SC/ml). Milk composition and milk properties were determined by standard methods. For the evaluation of the quality of rennet curd (class quality) was used following scale: 1st  class – very good and hard curd, 2nd  class – good curd, 3rd  class – bad curd, 4th  class – very bad curd, 5th class – no or invisible flocculation of casein. Recorded data were statistically analyzed using the classical least squares method (SAS; PROC GLM variant ss4). The SCC had a significant effect on all components of milk under study. The lowest contents of total solids (TS), fat (F), solids non-fat (SNF), protein (P) and casein (CN) were found in the group with the highest SCC (5th group). On the other hand, the highest contents of all above-mentioned milk components were found in the group with the lowest SCC. The significantly lowest content of lactose (4.42 %) was found in the group with the lowest SCC. The SCC had also significant effect on pH and titrable acidity. However on the other hand SCC had not a significant effect on rennetability and rennet curd quality (RCQ). The highest value of pH was found in the 5th group (the highest SCC). Titrable acidity has decreased from 10.10 °SH to 8.66 °SH depending on growth of SCC. The longest rennetability (257 s) was found in the group with the highest SCC. The best RCQ (class: 1.90) was found in the group where SCC per1 ml of milk ranged from 51 000 to 100 000. On the other hand the worst RCQ (class: 2.28) was found in the group with the lowest SCC.


2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
MS Uddin ◽  
MR Habib ◽  
MA Islam ◽  
S Afrin ◽  
MH Rashid

The present study was conducted to know the chemical qualities and adulteration of fresh raw milk collected from local markets (Bhangnamari bazaar, Sutiakhali bazaar, Vabokhali bazaar, Shombhuganj bazaar and Mymensingh sadar bazaar) of Mymensingh sadar, Bangladesh. Milk samples were analyzed for chemical parameters (contents of acidity, total solids, solids-not-fat, fat, protein and ash) and adulteration (presence of formalin, sugar or starch). Also, lactometer reading was recorded to monitor the specific gravity of the collected milk samples. Result showed that the specific gravity of milk from different sources differed non-significantly. The total solids, fat and protein contents of all the samples were in normal range except the milk fat content collected from Shombhuganj bazaar (32.66±4.04 g/Kg) and Mymensingh sadar bazaar (30.66±4.51 g/Kg) which had less (p<0.01) than the minimum legal standard of milk fat (35.00 g/Kg). The solids-not-fat content of the milk samples collected from Bhangnamari bazaar (72.93±8.78 g/Kg) and Vabokhali bazaar (79.33±6.81 g/Kg) were less than that from Mymensingh sadar bazaar (95.67±11.72 g/Kg). Developed acidity was detected in the samples from Bhangnamari bazaar (0.180±0.03), Sutiakhali bazaar (0.187±0.04%) and Mymensingh sadar bazaar (0.180±0.02%), while other samples were found to the fresh (0.150-0.157%). All of the adulteration tests showed negative results. The results suggested that though there were some fluctuations in quality among the bazaars regarding the standard of parameters, the raw milk samples were of acceptable quality.Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2016. 45 (2): 73-78


1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 696-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT J. BAER ◽  
JOEL L. SOMMERFELDT ◽  
KAREN M. TIESZEN

Biweekly Grade A and manufacturing grade herd milk samples were collected from April 1, 1985, to March 31, 1986, from 203 herds in the Sioux Falls, SD, area and were analyzed to compare composition. The average herd milk composition was 3.70% fat, 3.24% protein, 4.80% lactose, 0.63% ash, 8.67% solids-not-fat (SNF), and 12.37% total solids (TS). Grade A milk had higher % lactose (4.83 and 4.76), % SNF (8.70 and 8.61), and % TS (12.41 and 12.30) than manufacturing grade milk. These compositional differences between grades were consistent throughout the year. Grade A milk has more value in the production of dried dairy products (nonfat dry milk and whey powders) and ice cream than manufacturing grade milk due to its higher lactose and SNF content. New milk pricing plans for protein and other constituents should consider compositional differences (lactose, SNF and TS) that exist between grade A and manufacturing grade herd milk before implementing them.


Pathogens ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Leitner ◽  
Shlomo E. Blum ◽  
Oloeg Krifuks ◽  
Nir Edery ◽  
Uzi Merin

The aim of the current study was to verify the existence of a significant correlation between bacterial isolation (or not) and mammary gland inflammation, using traditional bacterial culturing and PCR, milk leucocytes distributions, and tissue histology. Twenty-two cows were tested at the level of the individual gland for bacteriological culture and real-time PCR (RT-PCR), milk composition, somatic cells count (SCC), and cell differentiation. Post-slaughter samples of teat-ends and mammary tissues were tested for histology and bacteriology by RT-PCR. The 88 glands were assigned to either outcome: 1. Healthy—no inflammation and no bacterial finding (NBF) (n = 33); 2. Inflammation and NBF (n = 26); 3. Inflammation and intra-mammary infection (n = 22) with different bacteria. Bacteriology of milk samples and that of the RT-PCR showed 91.4% agreement. In the lobule’s tissues of healthy glands, ~50% were milk producers and the other glands had dry areas with increased fat globules with a low number of leukocytes. In contrast, ~75% of the infected glands were identified as inflamed, but with no isolation of bacteria. Infiltration of mononuclear cells and neutrophils into the connective tissue was observed but not in the lobule’s lumen. In summary, the study confirms that not every mastitis/inflammation is also an infection.


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