Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/17.3.1755
The impact of changes in the milk payment system and season on the hygienic quality of milk
Vedat PAŠIĆ
; Dairy Industry Meggle d.o.o., Bihać, Grabeška 34, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Milna TUDOR KALIT
orcid.org/0000-0001-8162-8390
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science, Svetošimunska 25,Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir SALAJPAL
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Svetošimunska 25,Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravka SAMARŽIJA
orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-4992
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science, Svetošimunska 25,Zagreb, Croatia
Jasmina HAVRANEK
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science, Svetošimunska 25,Zagreb, Croatia
Samir KALIT
orcid.org/0000-0003-1460-2072
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science, Svetošimunska 25,Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aims of this paper were to investigate the impact of changes in the milk payment system and the season on the hygienic quality of raw milk. The bulk cow’s milk samples were collected throughout the whole area of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the period of four years (2010-2013), from farms that deliver milk to the dairy industry. The total bacterial count (TBC) was analysed in 52,999 milk samples and the somatic cell count (SCC) in 53,363 milk samples. The results of the research showed that the proportion of bulk milk with the SCC < 300,000 mL-1 significantly increased in the observed period, as well as the proportion of farms that produce milk of EU quality (P < 0.05). The season had a significant effect (P < 0.05) on the SCC; in April the proportion of bulk milk with SCC < 300,000 mL-1 was significantly higher (P < 0.05). A significant increase (P < 0.05) in the proportion of milk with the TBC < 200,000 cfu∙mL -1 was perceived, as well as the proportion of farms which deliver that type of milk (P < 0.05). A Significant lower (P < 0.05) proportion of milk in the summer period with TBC < 200,000 cfu∙mL-1 was determined. It can be concluded that consistent appliance of regulations which determine the quality of milk, leads to the improvement of the hygienic quality of redeemed milk, as illustrated by the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This kind of milk payment system is important for both, the higher economic benefit of farms and the dairy processing industry.
Keywords
milk; payment system; season; somatic cell count; total bacterial count
Hrčak ID:
167890
URI
Publication date:
5.9.2016.
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