​​Effect of Farm Categories on Quality and Quantity of Milk Produced by Different Crosses of Holstein-Friesian Cows

Background: Farmers are not satisfied by the production performance of different crossbred Holstein-Friesian (HF) cows in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Therefore, the study was taken to find out the effect of farm categories on milk yield and milk constituents of different HF crossbred at Chattogram, Bangladesh. Methods: This study was conducted from July 2014 to June 2015 in Chattogram Metropolitan Area (CMA), Potia, Mirsharai and Fatikchari upazilla (sub-district) of Chittagong, Bangladesh. For this study fourteen (14) commercial dairy farms in three different categories as A (50 greater than milking cows), B (31 greater than 50 milking cows) ,C (11 greater than 30 milking cows) with 98 cows for each of the 3 crosses named as 50%HF×50% Local (L), 75%HF×25%L and 50%HF×50% Sahiwal (SH) at their third parity were selected. Farms under the same category were selected based on similarities in feeding and other management practices. Quality of raw milk was obtained by analyzing the milk samples collected from an individual animal of the selected farm at an interval of seven days by using a milk scanner (Lactostar, Model no. 3510, Funke Gerber, Germany) in the Laboratory of Dairy Science of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU). Result: A significant difference (P less than 0.05) in milk yield and constituents except lactose and minerals was observed among the same and different crossbreds of HF under different farm categories. The highest daily average milk yield and quality were observed in different crosses of farms belong category A, but their performances decreased gradually with poor management systems in farms belong to categories B and C. So, farm category has a significant effect on milk quality and quantity in different crosses of Holstein. This study would help the commercial dairy farmers in choosing suitable crosses of Holstein-Friesian for farms belong to different categories.

Avaliação do uso de ozônio em temperaturas de leite cru refrigerado na contagem de psicrotróficos

A qualidade do leite cru está associada às boas práticas de ordenha proveniente de rebanhos sadios e com refrigeração obrigatória do leite cru na granja leiteira entre 4 e 7° C, podendo chegar até, no máximo, 9° C durante a coleta final (BRASIL 2018). Embora a refrigeração seja eficaz para aumentar a vida útil do leite cru, a manutenção das baixas temperaturas favorece a multiplicação de bactérias psicrotróficas, que produzem proteases e lipases termorresistentes, que permanecendo ativas mesmo após a pasteurização, podem afetar negativamente, tanto o próprio leite, quanto seus derivados (RIBEIRO et al., 2018). Visando reduzir a contagem de microrganismos psicrotróficos no leite cru, o presente trabalho avaliou a eficácia da aplicação de ozônio, considerado um bactericida verde por não ser poluente e não deixar resíduos no alimento, diretamente no tanque de resfriamento. As amostras de leite cru foram obtidas de um rebanho saudável e recolhidas diretamente do tanque de resfriamento da propriedade e armazenadas em frascos estéreis com volume de 6 litros sob refrigeração (4 e 9° C). A aplicação do ozônio seguiu delineamento fatorial com variáveis independentes sendo as temperaturas do leite (4 e 9° C) e os tempos de exposição ao ozônio (5 e 15 minutos) utilizando Gerador de Ozônio N202F Bivolt 500mg/h O³ Disinfector - Diluka Power. Foram retiradas amostras antes e após a ozonização. As amostras foram então armazenadas por 48 horas sob refrigeração (4° C) para permitir a proliferação da flora psicrotrófica. O teor de psicrotróficos e a contagem bacteriana total das amostras e do grupo controle foram avaliados em meio ágar bacteriológico PCA por 10 dias a 7° C e a 36° C por 24 horas, respectivamente. A aplicação de ozônio foi eficaz em reduzir a contagem de microrganismos psicrotróficos no tempo de 5 minutos a 4° C, esse resultado é extremamente satisfatório, visto que, a temperatura de aplicação é a mesma aplicada aos tanques de refrigeração nas propriedades, o que permitiria, facilmente, a aplicação nas próprias fazendas. Agradecimentos Agradecemos à equipe do Serviço de Orientação à Alimentação Pública da FMVZ-Unesp e ao proprietário da fazenda por disponilibizar o material utilizado na pesquisa. Referências BRASIL. Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Instrução normativa nº 76, de 26 de novembro de 2018. Regulamentos Técnicos que fixam a identidade e as características de qualidade que devem apresentar o leite cru refrigerado, o leite pasteurizado e o leite pasteurizado tipo A. Diário Oficial da União, Brasília, 2018. RIBEIRO JÚNIOR, J. C.et al. The main spoilage1 related psychrotrophic bacteria in refrigerated raw milk. Journal of dairy science, v. 101, n. 1, p. 75-83, 2018. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Microbiologia dos alimentos, Qualidade do leite, Tecnologia verde

Application of the Machine Vision Technology and Infrared Thermography to the Detection of Hoof Diseases in Dairy Cows: A Review

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a noninvasive and safe method of displaying the temperature map of objects that can be used to detect hoof diseases and lameness to reduce significant financial costs and physically stress animals. A qualitative bibliometric method based on the analysis of publications by the authors themselves using sophisticated tools of scientific databases was applied in this work. This review presents the fundamentals of IRT as well as recent developments in IRT detection in dairy science, including preprocessing, segmentation, and classification of objects in IRT images. In addition, recent studies dealing with the detection of hoof diseases and lameness using IRT are reviewed. As a result of this study, select previous studies are confronted in terms of technical aspects of IRT measurements such as emissivity, distance, temperature range, and reflected air temperature. Subsequently, recommendations for future IRT measurements are discussed.

Enumeration of Microflora from Ingredients and Idli Batter

Background: Microorganisms are responsible for characteristic changes in the fermented foods. They result in the sequential changes during fermentation of food, resulting in souring, leavening and changes in flavour, body and texture. The present study was aimed to enumerate the natural microflora present in raw ingredients used as well in fresh and fermented idli batter. Methods: Study was conducted during the period 2019-2020 to develop solid state fermented cultures for whey based idli batter at Department of Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Science College, Bangalore. The raw ingredients used for idli preparation were sourced from local market of Bangalore. Lactic counts such as leuconostoc, enterococci, pediococci and lactobacilli, as well as yeast counts were enumerated using different selective media by pour plate method. Result: The leuconostoc count of rice rava, black gram dhal and fresh idli batter on sucrose agar ranged from 2.0 to 3.78 log10 cfu/g; Lactobacilli count on MRS agar varied from 2.0 to 4.11 log10 cfu/g. Yeast count on potato dextrose agar ranged from 1.6 to 2.3 log10 cfu/g. Lactic counts (includes leuconostoc, lactobacillus, pediococci, enterococci) in fresh idli batter ranged from 3.63 log10 cfu/g to 4.77 log10 cfu/g, whereas in fermented idli batter varied from 2.56 log10 cfu/g to 8.74 log10 cfu/g. The yeast counts in fermented batter ranged from 9.23 to 9.56 log10 cfu/g.

Cattle Review

Introduction: In this Cattle Review we consider two open access papers from the journal Veterinary Research, looking at aspects of Johne's disease, and a Canadian paper from Journal of Dairy Science considering sedation for disbudding.