Colombia: 4 strategies to increase milk fat production

Published 2021년 12월 14일

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The article outlines four strategies to enhance milk fat production in dairy farming, a crucial aspect given milk fat's value. These strategies include dietary compositions and feeding frequencies. The first strategy involves avoiding foods that depress milk fat, such as oil or starch, and instead, using sugar beet pulp. The second strategy focuses on feeding frequency, showing that feeding dairy cows three times a day can increase milk fat production by 0-14 kg/day. The third strategy highlights the use of palmitic acid in feeding, with research demonstrating that cows fed a diet high in palmitic acid produced more milk and milk with a higher fat concentration. These findings underscore the importance of dietary and feeding practices in optimizing milk fat production.

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Original content

Milk fat is currently the most valuable dairy component, which is why each producer must implement strategies to improve the production of fat in this milk, taking into account that this is a more variable quantitative and qualitative component in milk. In milk fat, more than 400 different fatty acids with various physical, chemical and biological properties have been identified based on their chemical structure. These can come from the food consumed by the animal, from the modification of the same fatty acids or from the synthesis of new ones by the bacteria that inhabit the rumen. (Read: Learn why milk fat is beneficial for human health) In an article written by Fernando Díaz in the magazine Frisona, it is explained that there are four strategies that have been debated worldwide to improve the production of fat in milk: Lower your risk of milk fat depression "Results published in the Journal of Dairy Science" showed that the inclusion of oil, starch, or the combination of both ...

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