Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15567/mljekarstvo.2020.0303
Influence of two feed supplements on technological properties of goat’s milk
Borut Kolenc
orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-1351
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Institute of Dairy Science and Probiotics, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Petra Mohar Lorbeg
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Institute of Dairy Science and Probiotics, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Andreja Čanžek Majhenič
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Chair of Dairy Science, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Angela Cividini
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Chair of Animal Breeding, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Mojca Simčič
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Chair of Animal Breeding, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Primož Treven
; University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Dept. of Animal Science, Institute of Dairy Science and Probiotics, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
Abstract
Goat’s daily diet is usually based on grazing, hay and/or feed supplements. Feed supplements are crucial in the diet of high productive goats to achieve their genetic potential and breeders must choose balanced feeding regime to produce large quantities of milk without affecting the technological quality of milk. In the present study, we evaluated the influence of two commercially available feed supplements on goat milk coagulation properties and rheological properties of yoghurts. Goats of the Slovenian Alpine breed (61) were fed with two feed supplements during the 3-year experiment. Feed supplement 1 (FS1) had higher proportions of barley and alfalfa, while feed supplement 2 (FS2) had added premix of minerals and vitamins and had higher proportions of wheat and sunflower meal. Con¬sequently, FS1 had more crude fibres, which is the most probable reason for approximately 15 % higher firmness, consistency and cohesiveness (P<0.05) of yoghurts in FS1 group, compared to the FS2 group. Moreover, the rennet coagulation time (r) was shorter (P<0.05) in the FS1 group, compared to the FS2 group. Curd firmness 30 min after enzyme addition (a30) was also higher in FS1 group although the results were not statistically significant. Taking together, our results indicate that goats fed with FS1 produced milk with better technological properties compared to those fed with FS2, despite the fact that there were no significant differences in chemical composition of milk from each group. We showed that careful selection of feed supplement’s constituents could improve technological properties of goat milk. However, further studies are needed to evaluate the mechanisms of the observed differences.
Keywords
goat milk; coagulation properties; rheological properties; yoghurt; feed supplements
Hrčak ID:
239289
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Publication date:
17.6.2020.
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