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Intake and milk production of goats grazing Sulla forage under different stocking rates
2010
This investigation aimed to individuate the dietary factors affecting the milk urea nitrogen (MUN) concentration in goats grazing herbaceous pasture and, particularly, to verify the relationship linking the diet crude protein (CP) content to MUN. A total of 205 individual observations regarding dietary and milk variables of 37 Girgentana goats involved in two experiments were used. Goats, averaging 154±14 days in milk and 38.1±5.4 kg of live weight, grazed on swards and received 500 g/d of barley meal. Sward biomass, herbage selected by goats and individual milk yield were measured and sampled weekly. The herbage intake and diet digestibility were estimated by the n-alkane method. Milk urea…
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE POLYMORPHISM AT CASEIN LOCI AND MILK FATTY ACID COMPOSITION IN GIRGENTANA GOATS
2013
composition is an important trait for the goat dairy industry because of its influence on cheese yield and the organoleptic properties of dairy products (Chilliard et al., 2003). Goat milk is particularly rich in saturated fatty acids (SFA) whereas monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated (PUFA) FA are less abundant (Fontecha et al., 2000).The aim of this work was to provide new data to better understand the influence of polymorphism at casein loci on fatty acid profile in Girgentana goat milk. One hundred lactating Girgentana goats, homogeneous for milk production, days of lactation, body weight and diet were used. The procedure was developed using individual raw milk samples, collected …