Association of some milking parameters with milk quality of smallholder dairy farms in Samsun region, Turkey

This study was carried out to determine the association between some milking factors and milk quality in dairy cows. While questionnaires collected from a total of 50 smallholder farms in Bafra and Samsun, number of milkers (NM), milking duration (MD), care frequency for milking machine (CMM) and ag...

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Published in:Journal of environmental biology 2012-01, Vol.33 (1), p.123-126
Main Authors: Atasever, Savas, Erdem, Huseyin, Demiryurek, Kursat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Husbandry
Animal Welfare
Animals
Cattle - physiology
Dairy cattle
Dairy farms
Dairying - methods
Data Collection
Environmental science
Indexing in process
Milk
Milk - chemistry
Milk - standards
Small farms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
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Summary:This study was carried out to determine the association between some milking factors and milk quality in dairy cows. While questionnaires collected from a total of 50 smallholder farms in Bafra and Samsun, number of milkers (NM), milking duration (MD), care frequency for milking machine (CMM) and age of milking machine (AMM) were used as milking parameters. Milk quality was measured by somatic cell count (SCC) of milk by direct microscopy. Milk parameters were assessed in two groups according to SCC: 400,000 cells ml(-1), respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS, and no statistical difference was found in each parameter by SCC thresholds. However, significant (P
ISSN:0254-8704
2394-0379