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Noncoagulation of Milk in Finnish Ayrshire and Holstein-Friesian Cows and Effect of Herds on Milk Coagulation Ability

Department of Animal Science, University of Helsinki, PO Box 28, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Corresponding author: A.-M. Tyrisevä; e-mail: maria.tyriseva{at}animal.helsinki.fi.

The objectives of this study were to compare milk coagulation ability (MCA) and the prevalence of noncoagulation of milk within the main Finnish dairy breeds, Finnish Ayrshire (FA) and Holstein-Friesian (HOL), as well as to study the herd effect on MCA. Data used in the statistical analyses consisted of individual milk samples of 959 FA, 399 HOL, and 50 crossbred cows from 84 herds. Data were collected before the grazing season in the spring 1999. Milk samples were analyzed for the milk coagulation traits (milk renneting time, R and curd firmness, E₃₀) and pH. In addition, information on the 305-d milk production traits from the year 1999, and background information about feeding and management regimes of the herds were obtained. Variance components for the random herd and animal effects were estimated using REML methodology and an animal model. Breed, parity, lactation stage (for R, E₃₀ and pH only), and a measuring unit (for R and E₃₀ only) were included as fixed effects in the model. When the effects of concentrate feeding frequency and type of concentrate were studied, the random effect of herd was excluded from the model. A relationship matrix included parents, grandparents, and great grandparents of the cows with observations. The HOL cows were superior to FA cows in MCA when both the proportion of poorly coagulating (PC) and noncoagulating (NC) milk, and the differences in curd firmness were considered. About 30% of the FA cows and 12% of the HOL cows produced PC milk. Only 1.3% of the HOL cows and 8.6% of the FA cows produced NC milk. Herd effect explained only a minor part of the variation in MCA (8%) compared with that in 305-d milk production traits (about 43%). Frequent feeding of the concentrate was associated with good MCA as well as for the high milk, protein and fat yields, but it was not associated with the prevalence of the NC milk.

Key Words: milk coagulation ability • herd effect • feeding frequency

Abbreviation key: CB = crossbred cows, E₃₀ = curd firmness, FA = Finnish Ayrshire, HOL = Holstein-Friesian, MCA = milk coagulation ability, NC = noncoagulating milk, PC = poorly coagulating milk, R = milk renneting time.

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