Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47845
Title: Short-term effects of milking frequency on milk yield, milk composition, somatic cell count and milk protein profile in dairy goats
Authors: Torres, Alexandr
Hernández Castellano, Lorenzo Enrique 
Morales-Delanuez, Antonio
Sánchez-Macías, Davinia
Moreno-Indias, Isabel
Castro, Noemi 
Capote, Juan 
Argüello, Anastasio 
Keywords: Thrice-Daily Milking
Mammary-Gland
Lactation
Quality
Cortisol, et al
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: 0022-0299
Journal: Journal of Dairy Research 
Abstract: Goats in Canary Islands are milked once a day by tradition, but in most countries with high technology on farms, goats are milked twice a day, which is known to improve milk yield. Therefore it is important to know whether the increase of milking frequency can improve the production without impairing milk quality. The objective of this study was to investigate the short term effects of three milking frequencies on milk yield, milk composition, somatic cell count (SCC) and milk protein profile in dairy goats traditionally milked once a day. Twelve Majorera goats in early lactation (48 +/- 4 d in milk) were used. During a 5-week period, goats were milked once a day (X1) in weeks 1 and 5, twice a day (X2) in weeks 2 and 4, and three times a day (X3) in week 3. Milk recording and sampling were done on the last day of each experimental week. Milk yield increased by 26% from X1 to X2. No differences were obtained when goats were switched from X2 to X3, and from X3 to X2. The goats recovered the production level when they returned to X1. Different patterns of changes in the milk constituents due to the milking frequency effect were observed. Fat percentage increased when switched from X1 to X2, then decreased from X2 to X3, and from X3 to X2, whereas it did not show significant differences from X2 to X1. Milking frequency did not affect the protein and lactose percentages. SCC values were unaffected when goats were milked X1, X2 and X3, but then they increased slightly when milking frequency was returned to X2 and X1. Finally, quantitative analysis showed an increase in intensities of milk protein bands from X1 to X2, but the intensities of casein bands (alpha(S1)-CN, alpha(S2)-CN, beta-CN,kappa-CN) and major whey proteins (alpha-La, beta-Lg) decreased from X2 to X3.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47845
ISSN: 0022-0299
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029914000211
Source: Journal of Dairy Research[ISSN 0022-0299],v. 81, p. 275-279
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