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Variations In The Coagulation Properties Of Milk From Individual Cows, Leslie M. Okigbo
Variations In The Coagulation Properties Of Milk From Individual Cows, Leslie M. Okigbo
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Milk samples from fifty individual Holstein cows at the Utah State University Dairy Farm were tested monthly for 10 months for total protein, casein, fat, somatic cells and pH. A new instrument (Foss Formagraph) was used to measure the coagulation properties of the samples. Simulated cheese making procedures were utilized to measure recovery of fat and protein. All the data were statistically analyzed in relation to individual animals, stage of lactation, number of lactation and milk yield.
Significant variations in clotting time and curd firmness were observed in relation to period of lactation, season, individual cow difference, and milk pH. …