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Feeding and management techniques to favour summer sheep milk and cheese production in the Mediterranean environment

2015

Sheep milk production in summer can lead to a diversification of milk products and to a more regular product distribution in the market throughout the year. However, in Mediterranean countries small ruminant production cycles are subjected to seasonal variations in forage resources. During summer, a key period for out of season production systems, nutrition plays a fundamental role in regulating the quantity and quality of milk production. In this review, feeding strategies and techniques that could be applied for out of season production in dairy ewes under different Mediterranean conditions are described for intensive, pasture-based and mixed systems. The most common feeding strategies us…

Mediterranean climategeographyIrrigationSettore AGR/19 - Zootecnica Specialegeography.geographical_feature_categoryCheese qualityBiologyDiversification (marketing strategy)Summer milk productionPastureSummer milk production Grazing Summer feeding Heat stress Milk quality Cheese quality Dairy sheepHeat stressHeat stressCheese quality; Dairy sheep; Grazing; Heat stress; Milk quality; Summer feeding; Summer milk production; Animal Science and Zoology; Food AnimalsSummer feedingGrazingAgronomyFood AnimalsDry seasonGrazingDairy sheepMilk qualityAnimal Science and ZoologySettore AGR/18 - Nutrizione E Alimentazione AnimaleSheep milk
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Milk quality as affected by grazing time of day in Mediterranean goats.

2008

We evaluated the effect of grazing time of day on goat milk chemical composition, renneting properties and milk fatty acid profile in a Mediterranean grazing system. Sixteen lactating Girgentana goats were divided into two experimental groups and housed in individual pens, where they received 500 g/d of barley grain. For 5 weeks the two groups were left to graze in two fenced plots on a ryegrass sward as follows: morning group (AM), from 9·00 to 13·00; afternoon group (PM), from 12·00 to 16·00. In selected herbage, water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) increased in the afternoon (204 v. 174 g/kg dry matter, DM; P=0·01), whereas crude protein (CP) and linolenic acid decreased (respectively, 16·7…

Time FactorsLinolenic acidConjugated linoleic acidPastureGrazing time of day goat milk quality fatty acid composition.chemistry.chemical_compoundAnimal scienceGrazing time of dayGrazingAnimalsDry matterLactoseAnimal HusbandryMorningchemistry.chemical_classificationgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryGoatsFatty acidGeneral MedicineAnimal FeedDietFatty acid composition; Goat; Grazing time of day; Milk quality; Animal Husbandry; Animals; Diet; Female; Goats; Milk; Time Factors; Animal Feed; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Food Science; Animal Science and ZoologyMilkchemistryBiochemistryGoatMilk qualityAnimal Science and ZoologyAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaFemaleFatty acid compositionFood ScienceThe Journal of dairy research
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The influence of somatic cell count on sheep milk composition and cheese-making properties

2005

Somatic cell count (SCC) is an important tool for monitoring intramammary infections in dairy cows. However, systematic generalization of this decision rule is not easy in small ruminants. Determination of SCC in sheep milk is important for the processors of milk (indicator of quality), for breeders (mastitis indicator) and could be useful for selection as well. SCC value can be affected by some non-infective factors such as breed, stage of lactation, parity, type of lambing, type of milking, etc. (Bergonier et al., 1994), as well the health status of the udder (Fruganti et al., 1985; Ranucci et al., 1988). In addition, EC Directive 92/46, which regulates the production and commercialisatio…

food and beveragesBiologymedicine.diseaseBreedMilkingMastitisstomatognathic diseasesmedicine.anatomical_structureAnimal scienceLactationmedicinesomatic cell count milk quality Pecorino cheeseAnimal Science and Zoologylcsh:Animal cultureUdderSheep milkSomatic cell countDairy cattlelcsh:SF1-1100
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