Prediction of fresh and ripened cheese yield using detailed milk composition and udder health indicators from individual Brown Swiss cows.

ABSTRACT: The composition of raw milk is of major importance for dairy products, especially fat, protein, and casein (CN) contents, which are used worldwide in breeding programs for dairy species because of their role in human nutrition and in determining cheese yield (%CY). The aim of the study was to develop formulas based on detailed milk composition to disentangle the role of each milk component on %CY traits. To this end, 1,271 individual milk samples (1.5 L/cow) from Brown Swiss cows were processed according to a laboratory model cheese-making procedure. Fresh %CY (%CY_CURD), total solids and water retained in the fresh cheese (%CY_SOLIDS and %CY_WATER), and 60-days ripened cheese (%CY_RIPENED) were the reference traits and were used as response variable

SUBMITTER: Mariani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9606222 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature