Quality Characteristics And Udditas Health Of Raw Cow Milk In Banaz (Uşak) And Altintaş (Kütahya) Districts

Abstract

Milk is an indispensable nutrient in people's daily nutrition, especially for healthy milk consumption, quality and safe production is an indispensable element. The health and genotypic characteristics of animals directly affect productivity. For this purpose, efficient production is possible with correct animal feeding. However, in order to implement a correct nutrition program, it is necessary to know how the health status of cows and nutrition affect milk content. In this context, the study aimed to determine the udder health and milk composition of animals in Altıntaş district of Kütahya and Banaz district of Uşak. Milk samples were collected from 77 cows from 3 villages in Altıntaş and 49 cows from 2 villages in Banaz. The composition of milk was compared in terms of fat (%), dry matter (%), density (%), protein (%), lactose (%), salt (%), freezing point (°C), conductivity (ms/cm) and the prevalence of mastitis was investigated with the CMT test. According to the obtained data, while mastitis was not found in the majority of the enterprises, it was determined that the cows with mastitis symptoms were generally cows raised in the same enterprise. Among the districts, it was determined that the cows in Altıntaş district had lower fat ratio (3.51), higher dry matter ratio (9.26) and higher protein ratio (3.33). In Banaz district, it was determined that the milk had lower lactose ratios (4.78), lower density (28.08) and higher conductivity (4.95). It was determined that the cows raised in Çayırbaşı village had the highest values ​​in terms of milk quality among the villages. It was observed that this was due to the high level of awareness of the producers, contracted production and attention to hygiene conditions.