Effect of Milking Vacuum and the Supplementation of Vitamin E and Se in Milk Quantity, Quality, and Hygiene of Mammary gland in Mountainous Greek Sheep
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Design
2.2. Machine Milking
2.3. Milk Recording and Analysis of Milk Composition and Somatic Cell Count
- Machine Milk (MM): representing the quantity of milk obtained after milking cup attachment, until milk flow stopped;
- Stripping Milk (SM): representing the quantity of milk obtained after mammary stripping by hand, while milking cups are still attached;
- Total Milk (TM): representing the whole quantity milked.
2.4. Determination of Milk Total Bacterial Count (TBC)
3. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Items | 38 kPa | 46 kPa | SEDV | SEDD | Effects | ||||
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R | R + VitE_Se | R | R + VitE_Se | V | D | V × D | |||
Fat (%) | 6.70 a | 7.38 b | 6.93 ac | 6.73 ad | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.006 | 0.004 | 0.043 |
Protein (%) | 6.03 a | 6.15 a | 6.01 ac | 6.17 ad | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.932 | 0.003 | 0.712 |
Lactose (%) | 4.50 a | 4.66 b | 4.54 ac | 4.61 bd | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.896 | 0.002 | 0.157 |
TS (%) | 18.59 a | 19.56 b | 18.84 ab | 18.87 ab | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.077 | 0.000 | 0.048 |
SnF | 11.61 a | 11.89 b | 11.63 ac | 11.86 bd | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.869 | 0.000 | 0.694 |
Items | 38 kPa | 46 kPa | SEDV | SEDD | Effects | ||||
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R | R + VitE_Se | R | R + VitE_Se | V | D | V × D | |||
SCC/mL | 1,202,569 a | 438,190 b | 1,113,467 abc | 485,616 abd | 229,918.63 | 285,560.66 | 0.904 | 0.000 | 0.779 |
log10 SCC | 5.58 a | 5.32 b | 5.62 abc | 5.37 abd | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.304 | 0.000 | 0.939 |
TBC(cfu/mL1) | 268.50 | 243.15 | 220.00 | 197.00 | 60,012.26 | 64,525.05 | 0.604 | 0.316 | 0.908 |
log10 TBC | 5.38 | 5.33 | 5.32 | 5.26 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.462 | 0.447 | 0.959 |
Items | 38 kPa | 46 kPa | SEDV | SEDD | Effects | ||||
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R | R + VitE_Se | R | R + VitE_Se | V | D | V × D | |||
MM (mL/day) | 417.5 a | 440.2 b | 377.3 abc | 451.9 abd | 25.26 | 24.87 | 0.828 | 0.006 | 0.272 |
SM (mL/day) | 146.4 a | 139.0 ab | 155.8 cb | 144.3 ad | 7.17 | 7.00 | 0.028 | 0.039 | 0.519 |
TM (mL/day) | 563.9 a | 579.2 b | 532.3 abc | 596.2 abd | 27.01 | 26.11 | 0.712 | 0.045 | 0.400 |
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Mamatsios, K.; Karatzia, M.-A.; Manessis, G.; Kasapidou, E.; Bossis, I.; Basdagianni, Z. Effect of Milking Vacuum and the Supplementation of Vitamin E and Se in Milk Quantity, Quality, and Hygiene of Mammary gland in Mountainous Greek Sheep. Animals 2023, 13, 3400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13213400
Mamatsios K, Karatzia M-A, Manessis G, Kasapidou E, Bossis I, Basdagianni Z. Effect of Milking Vacuum and the Supplementation of Vitamin E and Se in Milk Quantity, Quality, and Hygiene of Mammary gland in Mountainous Greek Sheep. Animals. 2023; 13(21):3400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13213400
Chicago/Turabian StyleMamatsios, Konstantinos, Maria-Anastasia Karatzia, Georgios Manessis, Eleni Kasapidou, Ioannis Bossis, and Zoitsa Basdagianni. 2023. "Effect of Milking Vacuum and the Supplementation of Vitamin E and Se in Milk Quantity, Quality, and Hygiene of Mammary gland in Mountainous Greek Sheep" Animals 13, no. 21: 3400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13213400