Milk production characteristics in Southern Brazil

Autores

  • Tony Picoli Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • João Luíz Zani Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Cristina Mendes Peter Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Victor Fernando Büttow Roll Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Maria Edi Rocha Ribeiro Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Gilberto D'Ávila Vargas Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Sílvia Oliveira Hübner Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Marcelo de Lima Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Geferson Fischer Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2015v36n3Supl1p1991

Palavras-chave:

Milk quality, Small farmer, Milking, Education.

Resumo

This paper aimed to describe milk production in Southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, and to identify factors that affect milk quality at this region. The average age of regional dairy farmers is 49, and 67.9% has not concluded elementary school. Dairy farming is carried out on properties with an average of 26.06 hectares and 8.4 lactating cows. Most of them (32.83%) yield 50 to 100 L/day. Among the properties, 13.21% yield up to 30 L/day, and only 1.89% produces over 500 milk liters a day. Average yield was 6.8 L/day. Regarding to milking procedure, 39.3% farmers milk manually the animals, only 14.2% performed pre-milking teat disinfection, and 53.9% uses a single cloth to dry all animal teats. For infrastructure, 52.8% milks animals in wooden cowsheds. We observed that the average somatic cell count (SCC) was within legal parameters, presenting negative correlation with milk production (r = -0.23) and lactose content (r = -0.39). However, the total bacterial count (TBC) was above legal parameters. Education level seems to interfere in management and milk quality, because the less educated groups are, the less adequate are infrastructure, management, and product quality. Data show that there is a lower quality milk production where poor management techniques are adopted and owner education level affects milk quality.

 

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Biografia do Autor

Tony Picoli, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Discente de Doutorado em Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

João Luíz Zani, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Prof. Dr., Deptº de Veterinária Preventiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Cristina Mendes Peter, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Residente em Saúde Coletiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Victor Fernando Büttow Roll, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Prof. Dr., Deptº de Zootecnia, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Maria Edi Rocha Ribeiro, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Pesquisadora, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, EMBRAPA, Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Gilberto D'Ávila Vargas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Prof. Dr., Deptº de Veterinária Preventiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Sílvia Oliveira Hübner, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Profa. Dra, Deptº de Veterinária Preventiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Marcelo de Lima, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Prof. Dr., Deptº de Veterinária Preventiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Geferson Fischer, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Prof. Dr., Deptº de Veterinária Preventiva, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

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2015-07-02

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Picoli, T., Zani, J. L., Peter, C. M., Roll, V. F. B., Ribeiro, M. E. R., Vargas, G. D., Hübner, S. O., Lima, M. de, & Fischer, G. (2015). Milk production characteristics in Southern Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 36(3Supl1), 1991–1998. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2015v36n3Supl1p1991

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