PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK SAMPLES FROM COMMUNITY TANKS

Authors

  • Viviane Souza UNESP-Jaboticabal/Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos
  • Antonio Nader Filho FCAV - UNESP JABOTICABAL
  • Luciano Menezes Ferreira FCAV - UNESP JABOTICABAL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i1.6113

Keywords:

Animal sanity

Abstract

This research evaluated the physical and chemical quality of 72 samples of crude milk from 9 farms in the Gameleira region, municipality of Sacramento, MG, Brazil, and 12 milk samples from the same farms collected from a community milk tank. Values for titratable acidity, density, cryoscopy, fat, total dry extract, defatted dry extract were determined (BRASIL, 1981). Results showed that 10 (13.9%) samples did not comply with at least one physical and chemical item required by Norm 51. The 12 milk samples from the community tank analyzed during the assay complied with Norm 51 for physical and chemical requirements. The use of community tank actually provides satisfactory quality milk with regard to its physical and chemical characteristics.

KEYWORDS: Crude milk, community tank, physical and chemical characteristics.

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Author Biographies

Viviane Souza, UNESP-Jaboticabal/Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos

Pesquisadora Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos.

Sobral-CE

Antonio Nader Filho, FCAV - UNESP JABOTICABAL

Professor Titular do Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - UNESP Jaboticabal

Luciano Menezes Ferreira, FCAV - UNESP JABOTICABAL

Doutor em Medicina Veterinária Preventiva.

Published

2011-03-31

How to Cite

SOUZA, V.; NADER FILHO, A.; FERREIRA, L. M. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK SAMPLES FROM COMMUNITY TANKS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 1, p. 144–148, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i1.6113. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/6113. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2024.

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Section

Veterinary Medicine