Relation between milk protein and urea content in different farms
2011
Ruska, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Jonkus, D., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
Milk production and milk composition are of prime economic importance for farmers. It is well known in dairy management that the balanced feeding and holding technology is an important lever by which milk production and milk composition can be modified. The objectives of this work are to establish relation among milk protein and urea content in different farms. Four farms represent three cow breeds (Holstein Black and White, Latvian Brown, and cross breed XP). Individual cow milk samples (n=8400) were collected monthly from September 2009 to November 2010. Milk samples were analyzed for total protein, casein, fat, lactose, and urea content with instrumental infrared spectroscopy method. The average milk yield in farms was significantly different (from 26.8 to 16.0 kg per control day), and average protein content varied from 3.32 g kgE-1 to 3.62 g kgE-1. The urea content in cow milk was between 21.3 to 42.6 mg 100 mLE-1. The average protein content was higher and significantly (p is less than 0.05) different in first yield level (up to 15 kg) for all farms. Overall, in different farm and milk yield levels correlation between protein and urea was low or very low. In the farm C, average urea content ranged between 30.0 and 60.0 mg 100 mLE-1, which indicated problems in feeding or management in the farm. It was established that milk productivity traits significantly (p is less than 0.05) varied in farms with different dairy cow holding and feeding technologies and milk protein and urea content significantly (p is less than 0.05) varied for cows with different milk yield per day.
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