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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 74 No. 1 72-80
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Effect of Long-Term Bovine Somatotropin (Sometribove) Treatment on Nitrogen (Protein) Distribution in Jersey Milk

P. S. Kindstedt 1, A. N. Pell 1, J. K. Rippe 1, D. S. Tsang 1, and G. F. Hartnell 2

1 Department of Animal Science, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
2 Monsanto company, St Louis, MO 63198

Twenty-six Jersey cows were assigned randomly to one of two treatments. Twelve cows received biweekly subcutaneous injection of 500 mg of sometribove, USAN (recombinant methionyl bovine somatotropin), beginning 60 ± 3 d postpartum and continuing throughout one lactation. Fourteen control animals received injections of placebo carrier. Milk samples were taken biweekly on weeks alternate to injection when differences in milk components were expected to be greatest compared with controls. The milk samples were analyzed for total nitrogen, noncasein nitrogen, and non-protein nitrogen. The average SCC for control and treatment groups was 44,000 ± 47,000 and 56,000 ± 65,000. Milk from sometribove-treated cows was significantly lower in total protein (3.92, 4.12%). true protein (3.74, 3.95%), and casein (3.11, 3.34%) than that from control cows on d 8 of the 14 d injection cycle. Casein as a percentage of true protein was lower (83.38, 84.52%), and non-protein nitrogen as a percentage of total nitrogen was higher (4.61, 4.26%) in milk from treated cows. The theoretical yield of Cheddar cheese was ca. .07% less for milk from treated cows than from control cows due to ca. 1% less casein as a percentage of true protein in the former. The differences in nitrogen distribution represent the response during the middle of the injection cycle when milk output was the highest and milk protein the lowest rather than the average response for the injection cycle. The results of the study indicate minimal impact on the cheese manufacturer because in practice milk is commingled from many dairies. The observed changes in the milk nitrogen distribution can not be attributed to the effects of negative energy or protein balance of the cows.

Key Words: casein • whey protein • sometribove

Submitted on August 17, 1989
Accepted on August 6, 1990






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