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1 Dipartimento PRIME, Università di Foggia, Italy
2 Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia. Sezione Operativa di Segezia-Foggia, Italy
Corresponding author: M. Albenzio, e-mail: m.albenzio{at}unifg.it.
The experiment was conducted from March to July 2002 using 5 intensively managed flocks of Southern Italy. In each flock, 2 groups of 50 ewes were created. The groups were designated LSCC (low somatic cell count [SCC]) when their milk SCC was lower than 500,000/mL and HSCC (high SCC) when their milk SCC was higher than 1,000,000/mL. Bulk milk and whey samples were analyzed for fat, total protein, lactose, casein, and whey protein contents. Renneting properties of milk were also determined. Moisture, NaCl, and nitrogen fractions were determined in fresh cheese curds. In addition, plasmin (PL) and plasminogen (PG) activities in milk and cheese were monitored. The proteolytic activity of plasmin by urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the white blood cell (WBC) differentials were determined. The HSCC resulted in higher pH values in milk and in higher moisture and lower fat contents in fresh cheese curds. Moreover, a lower recovery of fat and whey proteins was obtained from the HSCC than from the LSCC raw milk. The crude protein and casein contents were higher in the HSCC than in the LSCC curds during early and midlactation; an opposite trend was observed in late lactation. Plasmin and PG activities underwent more marked fluctuations in the LSCC than in the HSCC curds through lactation. The results of this experiment demonstrate that the PL activity in ewe milk is markedly influenced by the SCC, although SCC is not the only parameter for predicting PL and PG evolution in ewe milk. The LSCC milk resulted in a higher proteolytic potential of Canestrato pugliese cheese curds.
Key Words: plasmin activity • proteolysis • somatic cell count • stage of lactation
Abbreviation key: HSCC = high SCC, LSCC = low SCC, NCN = noncasein nitrogen, PG = plasminogen, PL = plasmin, WBC = white blood cells
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