[HTML][HTML] Effects of different temperature-humidity indexes on milk traits of Holstein cows: A 10-year retrospective study

SS Moore, A Costa, M Penasa, M De Marchi - Journal of Dairy Science, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Test-day records (n= 723,091) collected between 2012 and 2021 from 43,015
Holstein cows at 157 farms located in northern Italy were used to study the effects of heat …

[HTML][HTML] Application of a short-wave pocket-sized near-infrared spectrophotometer to predict milk quality traits

A Guerra, M De Marchi, G Niero, E Chiarin… - Journal of Dairy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Portable handheld devices based on near-infrared (NIR) technology have improved and are
gaining popularity, even if their implementation in milk has been barely evaluated. Thus, the …

[HTML][HTML] Detailed comparison between organic and conventional milk from Holstein-Friesian dairy herds in Italy

CL Manuelian, V Vigolo, S Burbi, F Righi… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have reported gross composition differences between organic and
conventional milk; however, most studies have not considered other factors such as breed …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of dietary iodine content, milking system, and farming practices on milk iodine concentration and quality traits

A Guerra, A Costa, M De Marchi, F Righi, M Simoni… - Journal of Dairy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Various management practices can influence milk quality traits in dairy cattle. As an
example, an increasing investment in automatic milking system to substitute milking parlors …

A comparison of animal-related figures in milk and meat production and economic revenues from milk and animal sales of five dairy cattle breeds reared in Alps region

T Zanon, S König, M Gauly - Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to compare animal-related figures in milk and meat
production and economic revenues from milk and animal sales over the last decade of the …

Associations among farm, breed, lactation stage and parity, gene polymorphisms and the fatty acid profile of milk from Holstein, Simmental and their crosses

E Samková, J Čítek, M Brzáková, O Hanuš, L Večerek… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The composition of milk fat has serious importance for consumer health,
and unsaturated and especially polyunsaturated fatty acids are preferred. Thus, methods of …

[HTML][HTML] Review of equations to predict methane emissions in dairy cows from milk fatty acid profiles and their application to commercial dairy farms

S Massaro, D Giannuzzi, N Amalfitano, S Schiavon… - Journal of Dairy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gas emission from the activities of all productive sectors is currently a topic of
foremost importance. The major contributors in the livestock sector are ruminants, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic correlations of milk fatty acid contents predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in New Zealand dairy cattle

N Lopez-Villalobos, RJ Spelman, J Melis… - Journal of dairy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to estimate genetic correlations among milk fatty acid (FA)
concentrations in New Zealand dairy cattle. Concentrations of each of the most common FA …

[PDF][PDF] Technological properties of cow's milk: correlations with milk composition, effect of interactions of genes and other factors.

J Čítek, M Brzáková, L Hanusová, O Hanuš, L Večerek… - 2020 - cjas.agriculturejournals.cz
We analysed the correlations of milk fermentability (yogurt test acidity), renneting (time to
rennet coagulation of milk protein) and results of ethanol tests (indirect indicator of milk …

Milk yield and quality of Original Brown cattle reared in Italian alpine region

T Zanon, A Costa, M De Marchi, M Penasa… - Italian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The present study aimed to investigate non-genetic sources of variation of milk production
and quality traits of dual-purpose Original Brown (OB) cows farmed in Italian alpine region …