Genetic and nongenetic factors associated with milk color in dairy cows

被引:22
作者
Scarso, S. [1 ]
McParland, S. [2 ]
Visentin, G. [1 ,2 ]
Berry, D. P. [2 ]
McDermott, A. [2 ]
De Marchi, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Agron Food Nat Resources Animals & Environm, Viale Univ 16, I-35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
[2] TEAGASC, Animal & Grassland Res & Innovat Ctr, Moorepk, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
关键词
milk color; mid-infrared spectroscopy; genetic parameter; dairy industry; Commission Internationale d'Eclairage L*a*b*; HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COWS; MIDINFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BOVINE-MILK; VITAMIN-E; PROTEIN PERCENTAGE; FAT COMPOSITION; MEAT COLOR; YIELD; TRAITS; CAROTENOIDS;
D O I
10.3168/jds.2016-11683
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Milk color is one of the sensory properties that can influence consumer choice of one product over another and it influences the quality of processed dairy. products. This study aims to quantify the cow-level genetic and nongenetic factors associated with bovine milk color traits. A total of 136,807 spectra from Irish commercial and research herds (with multiple breeds and crosses) were used. Milk lightness ((L) over cap*), red-green index ((a) over cap*), and yellow-blue index ((b) over cap*) were predicted for individual milk samples using only the mid-infrared spectrum of the milk sample. Factors associated with milk color were breed, stage of lactation, parity, milking time, udder health status, pasture grazing, and seasonal calving. (Co)variance components for (L) over cap*, (a) over cap*, and (b) over cap* were estimated using random regressions on the additive genetic and within-lactation permanent environmental effects. Greater (b) over cap* value (i.e., more yellow color) was evident in milk from Jersey cows. Milk (L) over cap* increased consistently with stage of lactation, where as (a) over cap* increased until mid lactation to subsequently plateau. Milk (b) over cap* deteriorated until 31 to 60 DIM, but then improved thereafter until the end of lactation. Relative to multiparous cows, milk yielded by primiparae was, on average, lighter (i.e., greater (L) over cap*), more red (i.e., greater (a) over cap*), and less yellow (i.e., lower (b) over cap*). Milk from the morning milk session had lower (L) over cap*, (a) over cap*, and (b) over cap* Heritability estimates (SE) for milk color varied between 0.15 0.02 (30 DIM) and 0.46 0.02 (210 DIM) for (L) over cap*, between 0.09 +/- 0.01 (30 DIM) and 0.15 +/- 0.02 (305 DIM) for, and between 0.18 +/- 0.02 (21 DIM) and 0.56 +/- 0.03 (305 DIM) for (b) over cap*. For all the 3 milk color features, the within-trait genetic correlations approached unity as the time intervals compared shortened and were generally < 0.40 between the peripheries of the lactation. Strong positive genetic correlations existed between (b) over cap* value and milk fat concentration, ranging from 0.82 +/- 0.19 at 5 DIM to 0.96 +/- 0.01 at 305 DIM and confirming the observed phenotypic correlation (0.64, SE = 0.01). Results of the present study suggest that breeding strategies for the enhancement of milk color traits could be implemented for dairy cattle populations. Such strategies, coupled with the knowledge of milk color traits variation due to nongenetic factors, may represent a tool for the dairy processors to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of artificial pigments during milk manufacturing.
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页数:17
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