Influence of different milking methods on milk quality based on somatic cell count and basic composition

Abstract

Introduction and Objective. Correlations between the number of milk somatic cells (SCC), the number of microorganisms, and the content of basic components of milk were studied on five farms (F1–F5) with cows of the same breed, but with different milking systems. Materials and Method. From each farm, 50 Holstein Friesien milk samples were collected once a month (250 samples/ month; n=3,000) during March 2022 – February 2023. Samples from farms F1 and F5 were tested for fat, protein, lactose, no fat dry matter content (FTIR spectroscopy), for the SCC (Fossomatic 7)