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Retrospective evalution of non-fatty solids in samples of raw milk in the state of Rio Grande do Sul according to season, Brazil

Estudo retrospectivo dos sólidos não gordurosos em amostras de leite cru no estado do Rio Grande do Sul de acordo com as estações do ano

ABSTRACT:

The present study described the chemical composition and somatic cell score (SCS) of samples of refrigerated raw milk collected from commercial farms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in order to better understand the behavior of constituents present in non-fatty solids (NFS) in milk according to the season of the year. Means were used to describe statistical data. To estimate the probability of NFS levels meeting IN 76 (BRAZIL, 2018), binary logistic regression was used. It was reported that 18.2% (233.817) of analytical results showed NFS below 8.4%, representing the minimum required by IN 76. The highest average NFS level observed in the five-year period was registered in the micro-region of Passo Fundo (8.70%) in winter. The microregion with the lowest results was Porto Alegre (8.53%); however, it still demonstrated levels within the limits established by IN 76. The study indicates that milk constituents show differences between seasons. In autumn and winter, the constituents remained equal to or higher than those required by current legislation, while spring and summer were the periods with the lowest NFS values. The SCS was also influenced by the seasons, with the highest rates in spring, summer, and autumn.

Key words:
environmental factors; microregion; milk quality; lactose; protein

RESUMO:

O presente estudo teve como objetivo descrever os resultados de composição química e escore de células somáticas (ECS) de amostras de leite cru refrigerado coletado em fazendas comerciais no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, para melhor entendimento do comportamento dos constituintes presentes nos sólidos não gordurosos (SNG) no leite de acordo com as estações do ano. As médias foram estudadas para descrever as estatísticas dos dados. Para estimar a probabilidade de os teores de SNG atenderem à IN 76 de 2018, foi utilizada a regressão logística binária. Foi constatado que 18,2% (233.817) dos resultados analíticos apresentaram SNG abaixo de 8,4%, que representa o mínimo exigido pela IN 76 (BRASIL, 2018BRASIL. Ministério da Agricultura Pecuária e Abastecimento. Instrução Normativa nº 76, de 26 de novembro de 2018. 2018 Available from: <Available from: http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/52750137/do1-2018-11-30-instrucao-normativa-n-76-de-26-de-novembro-de-2018-52749894IN%2076 >. Accessed: Feb. 20, 2020.
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). A maior média de SNG observada no período de cinco anos foi registrada na microrregião de Passo Fundo (8,70%), no inverno. A microrregião com menores resultados foi a de Porto Alegre (8,53%), no entanto com teores dentro do estabelecido pela IN 76/2018. O estudo demonstrou que os constituintes do leite apresentaram diferenças entre as estações do ano. O outono e inverno foram os períodos em que os constituintes se mantiveram iguais ou superiores aos exigidos pela legislação vigente, enquanto que a primavera e o verão foram os períodos com os menores valores de SNG. O ECS também foi influenciado pelas estações do ano. Na primavera, verão e outono ocorreram os maiores índices.

Palavras-chave:
fatores ambientais; microrregião; qualidade do leite; lactose; proteína

INTRODUCTION:

Brazil is the fifth largest milk-producing country (22 thousand tons), followed by Pakistan, China, and India (FAO, 2021FAO. Milk Production. FAO publications. 2021. Available from: <Available from: http://www.fao.org/dairy-production-products/production/en/ >. Accessed: May, 08, 2021.
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; IEA, 2021IEA - Instituto de Economia Agrícola. Os Maiores Exportadores e Importadores Lácteos No Mundo - Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento. Available from: <Available from: http://www.iea.sp.gov.br/out/LerTexto.php?codTexto=482 >. Accessed: May, 05, 2021.
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). Milk production has great social and economic importance for the country, as it allows producers to remain in rural areas, ensuring income and good living conditions. The state of Rio Grande do Sul is the third most productive of milk producers in Brazil, after Minas Gerais and Paraná, with productivity of 4.129 liters/year and approximately 65.202 producers linked to industries that process milk (EMATER/ASCAR, 2021EMATER. RIO GRANDE DO SUL/ASCAR. Relatório socioeconômico da cadeia produtiva do leite no Rio Grande do Sul: 2021. Porto Alegre, RS: Emater/RS-Ascar, 2021. 82 p.; IBGE, 2021IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. SIDRA, Banco de tabelas e estatísticas. Available fom: <Available fom: https://sidra.ibge.gov.br/home/leite >. Accessed: May, 05, 2021.
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; RIES, 2021RIES, J. E. Bovino cultura de leite. Área técnica EMATER/ASCAR. 2021. Available from: <Available from: http://www.emater.tche.br/site/area-tecnica/sistema-de-producao-animal/bovinos-de-leite.php#.YH2ZohXLOTU.mendeley >. Accessed: Feb. 03, 2021.
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). Among the main challenges for producers is to ensure the quality of the milk produced at all times of the year, even in times of food shortages and unfavorable environmental and climatic conditions, such as in the hottest seasons. Milk quality is of great importance for food safety and is directly associated with industrial yield, evaluated through its physical-chemical and microbiological attributes (ARRUDA JUNIOR et al., 2019ARRUDA JUNIOR, L. C. et al. Variation in the content of defatted dry extract in cooling tanks milk samples of dairy farms. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, [s.l.], v.40, n.1, p.203-215, 2019. Available from: <Available from: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4457/445758367015/html/> . Accessed: Feb. 16, 2020. doi: 10.5433/1679-0359.2019v40n1p203.
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). Among the main chemical components of milk are non-fat solids (NFS) made of protein, lactose, and minerals; levels of these vary according to changes in diet, genetics, health, days in lactation, environmental temperature, and handling (ARRUDA JUNIOR et al., 2019). The abrupt reduction in the content of milk components, such as total solids, is a known problem, easily identified in the laboratory, and may be related to adulteration and fraud (DIAS & ANTES, 2014DIAS, J. A.; ANTES, F. G. Qualidade físico-química, higiênico-sanitária e composicional do leite cru: indicadores e aplicações práticas da Instrução Normativa 62. Porto Velho: Embrapa Rondônia, 2014. Available from: <Available from: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4457/445758367015/html/ >. Accessed: Feb. 05, 2021.
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).

The industry and sanitary inspection bodies report a decrease in the concentration of NFS at certain times of the year and regions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, especially in the warmest months, due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors regarding the animals. This decrease causes losses to producers due to the lower remuneration received, and to the industry due to decreased yield of dairy products. Thus, the reduction in lactose, which makes up 50% of NFS, can cause difficulties in the coagulation and fermentation of dairy products. The decrease in protein may compromise the coagulation of dairy products, resulting in a bitter taste and lower cheese yield (ALHUSSIEN & DANG, 2018ALHUSSIEN, M. N; DANG, A. K. Milk somatic cells, factors influencing their release, future prospects, and practical utility in dairy animals: An overview. Veterinary World, v.11, n.5, p.562-577, 2018. Available from: <Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29915493/ >. Accessed: Jan. 02, 2022. doi: 0.14202 / vetworld.2018.562-577.
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; COSTA et al., 2019COSTA, A. et al. Invited review: Milk lactose: Current status and future challenges in dairy cattle. Journal Of Dairy Science, [s.l.], v.102, n.7, p.5883-5898, 2019. doi:org/10.3168/jds.2018-15955. Available from: <Available from: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(19)30424-2/abstract >. Accessed: Feb. 20, 2020.
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).

The present described the chemical composition and SCS results of refrigerated raw milk samples collected from commercial farms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul to better understand the behavior of the constituents present in non-fat solids milk, according to the seasons. It is expected that the results will contribute to a better understanding of the causes that interfere with the quality of milk in order to avoid milk condemnation and assessment due to non-compliance with Normative Instruction 76 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (BRASIL, 2018).

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Use of data from different dairy facilities was authorized by the Union of Dairy and Derived Products Industry of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Sindilat, RS). Information from five years, 2014 to 2018, was used, totaling 1.281.234 quality records of refrigerated raw milk, collected in expansion tanks on commercial farms and analyzed at the Service of Analysis of Dairy Herds (SADH) of the University of Passo Fundo.

Milk composition was analyzed by Fourier transform near-infrared (FTNI) technology and somatic cell count (SCC) by flow cytometry using equipment with Delta Equipment System. The desired time interval was edited in the original database and stored in an Excel® computer file, in which each row represented a monthly tank sample and the columns contained the following groups of information: a) sample identification: city, region of location, and sample identification; b) monthly meteorological data classified according to the season of the year: total precipitation and average temperature; c) analytical results: fat content (g/100g), protein (g/100g), lactose (g/100g), total solids (ST) (g/100g), non-fat solids (NFS) (g/100g), and somatic cell count (SCC). The SCC was the only component that did not show normality, so it was transformed into log x 1000 for structuring the base and removing outliers, and the results were expressed as somatic cell score (SCS), according to the methodology proposed by BONDAN et al., (2018BONDAN, C. et al. Milk composition of Holstein cows: a retrospective study. Ciencia Rural, Santa Maria, v.48, n.12, p.1-8, 2018. Available from: <Available from: https://www.scielo.br/j/cr/a/GWCRtNMnhcxk3LDYV8Zst7z/?lang=en >. Accessed: Feb. 05, 2021. doi: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20180123.
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).

Meteorological data were obtained from the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) through historical data from the Meteorological Database for Teaching and Research containing information regarding daily measurements, in accordance with the international technical standards of the World Meteorological Organization. For this study, monthly data from six weather stations were used: São Luiz Gonzaga, Cruz Alta, Passo Fundo, Santa Maria, Caxias do Sul, and Porto Alegre from 2014 to 2018. The variables used were total precipitation and compensated average temperature.

Division of regions for evaluating meteorological variables (Table 1) was performed based on the classification of regions according to the Rio Grande do Sul Meteorological Bulletin for rainfall as described by FEPAGRO (2014FEPAGRO - Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária. 2014. Available from: <Available from: http://www.cemet.rs.gov.br/upload/201308161442532_temperaturamedia.pdf. >. Accessed: Sept. 21, 2019.
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). The variables total precipitation and average temperature compensated were inserted in the analytical models (Table 1).

Table 1
Meteorological station, micro-region of studies, latitude, and longitude of the respective studied units.

For statistical analysis and database consistency, records were considered in annual classes. Moderated outliers were excluded from the original file using the methodology proposed by FAVERO & BELFIORE (2017FAVERO, L. P. L; BELFIORE, P. P; Manual de análise de dados: estatística e modelagem multivariada coml, SPSS e stata. Editora: Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro, 2017. 105p.). Thus, the following intervals were considered for the five-year period: fat ≥ 2.70 and ≤ 5.14; protein: ≥ 2.63 and ≤ 3.84; lactose: ≥ 3.01 and ≤ 4.80; total solids: ≥ 10.71 and ≤ 14.29; CCS: log x 1000 ≥ 0.0 and ≤ 3.61; NFS: ≥ 7.81 and ≤ 9.46. Information related to the desired time interval was edited from the original database and stored in an Excel computer file. Each line represented a monthly tank sample, and the columns contained three groups of information with herd identification and analysis date of the sample. The division of the months according to the seasons of the year was carried out in such a way that Spring consisted of the months of October, November and December; Summer: January, February, and March; Autumn: April, May, and June; Winter: July, August, and September. For structuring the database, Excel® 2016 applications were used, and for the analysis, the R language version 3.6.1 (R CORE TEAM, 2019R CORE TEAM R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. 2019.Available from: <Available from: https://www.R-project.org/.(2019) >. Accessed: Feb. 08, 2021.
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).

To analyze the effects, the following statistical tests were used: a) summary measures were applied, such as a number of observations, mean, standard deviation, standard errors, minimum and maximum values, percentiles, and frequency tables to present the proportions of the categories of treatments studied and describe the statistics of the data; b) to compare a quantitative variable with another categorical one generated from two independent groups, the Student’s t-test was used; c) for comparing more than two independent groups, ANOVA was used. For multiple comparisons, Tukey’s post-hoc test was used; d) for comparing two categorical variables, the chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests were used; e) to estimate the probability of occurrence of the phenomena under study in relation to the dependent variables of these phenomena, depending on the explanatory variables inserted in the respective models, binary logistic regression was used according to the equation:

Z i = α + β 1 . X 1 i + β 2 . X 2 i + + β k . X ki

The general expression of the estimated probability of occurrence of an event was calculated as follows according to the methodology proposed by FAVERO & BELFIORE (2017FAVERO, L. P. L; BELFIORE, P. P; Manual de análise de dados: estatística e modelagem multivariada coml, SPSS e stata. Editora: Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro, 2017. 105p.):

p i = 1 1 + e - ( α + β 1 . X 1 i + β 2 . X 2 i + + β k . X ki )

Evaluation of normality was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests, and the Levene test was applied to assess the homogeneity between the variances. The significance level used in the tests to reject H0, when the null hypothesis is true, was 0.05 (FAVERO E BELFIORE, 2017FAVERO, L. P. L; BELFIORE, P. P; Manual de análise de dados: estatística e modelagem multivariada coml, SPSS e stata. Editora: Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro, 2017. 105p.).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:

Over the five years of the study, it wasreported that 18.2% (233,817) of the analytical results showed NFS below 8.4%, representing the minimum required by Normative Instruction 76 (BRASIL, 2018).

The highest average NFS observed in the period of five years was registered in the micro-region of Passo Fundo (8.70%), in winter. It was observed for this microregion (Figure 1) that the average NFS oscillation was, in ascending order, 0.7% in autumn, 0.11% in summer, and 0.15% in spring when compared to the season with the highest value (winter). In all microregions studied, spring was the season with the lowest SNF values. When analyzing the quality of milk in different growing seasons for the regions of Vila Maria (a micro-region belonging to Passo Fundo), SANTOS et al. (2013SANTOS, D. B. et al. Qualidade do leite de propriedades familiares praticantes de integração lavoura-pecuária em função do uso do solo. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec., v.65, n.4, p.1217-1222, 2013. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-09352013000400038&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Feb. 21, 2020. doi: 10.1590/S0102-09352013000400038.
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) noticed that NFS content was affected by the season of the year, recording an average SNF of 8.57% in winter and 8.42% in summer, values below those recorded in this study. When studying the production and milk quality of Holstein cows according to season and calving order, SOUZA et al. (2012SOUZA, G. N. et al. Uso da análise espacial para avaliação de indicadores de qualidade do leite. Acta Sci. Vet., v.40, Supl.2, p.78, 2012. Available from: <Available from: https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/67981/1/Celia.pdf >. Accessed: Jan. 09, 2020.
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) reported that the feeding management that the animals receive in summer (pasture with voluminous supplementation of corn silage and concentrate) negatively affects milk production of animals that calve in the spring. The authors also state that animals that calve in the spring and reach peak lactation at this time have the lowest milk production due to the heat stress to which they are subjected. The microregion with the lowest results in all seasons of the year was Porto Alegre; however, its values were still within those established by IN 76/2018.

Figure 1
Mean values of non-fat solids, according to microregion, of 1.281.234 samples of raw milk analyzed in the period 2014 - 2018 by SARLE.

Table 2 presents effects of the season on milk components. Positive residue analysis indicates the possibility of the event occurring in that place according to the Chi-square test (FAVERO & BELFIORE, 2017FAVERO, L. P. L; BELFIORE, P. P; Manual de análise de dados: estatística e modelagem multivariada coml, SPSS e stata. Editora: Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro, 2017. 105p.).

Table 2
Association between the levels of non-fat solids (NFS) protein, lactose and somatic cell score (SCS) in different seasons, considering results that do and do not comply with those established by IN 76/2018.

The highest probability of NFS levels being equal to or above 8.40% occurred during autumn and winter (Table 2). Concurrent with these results, and because they directly influence the levels of SNF (ARRUDA JUNIOR et al., 2019ARRUDA JUNIOR, L. C. et al. Variation in the content of defatted dry extract in cooling tanks milk samples of dairy farms. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, [s.l.], v.40, n.1, p.203-215, 2019. Available from: <Available from: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4457/445758367015/html/> . Accessed: Feb. 16, 2020. doi: 10.5433/1679-0359.2019v40n1p203.
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), it was observed that the highest probability of protein levels being within the standards established by current legislation (above 2 .9%) was observed in autumn and winter (96.4%) (Table 2). In the winter months, higher values of protein, lactose, and fat are observed. This fact is probably due to the feeding of the herds with cold-season grasses, showing the importance of forages in the composition of milk. Cold-season grasses have less neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and this positively influences milk digestibility, productivity, and quality (FONTANELI et al. 2012FONTANELI, R. S.; SANTOS H. P.; FONTANELI, R. S. Forrageiras para integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta na região sul-brasileira. Passo Fundo: Embrapa Trigo, 2012. 340p.; NORO et al., 2006NORO, G. et al. Fatores ambientais que afetam a produção e a composição do leite em rebanhos assistidos por cooperativas no Rio Grande do Sul. R. Bras. Zootec .. v.35, n.3, p.1129-1135, 2006. Available from: <Available from: https://www.scielo.br/j/rbz/a/GYT8wbfKsRJgd3yrC6GSSCp/?lang=pt >. Accessed: Feb. 08, 2021. doi: 10.1590/S1516-35982006000400026.
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). It is assumed that the potential for altering the protein content of milk through nutrition is not very large, around 0.10 to 0.20 percentage points, since the main need of ruminants is for amino acids and not crude protein (MALACCO et al., 2015MALACCO, V. M. R. et al. Nutrição aminoacídica de bovinos leiteiros. Caderno De Ciências Agrárias, n.7, 205-216, 2015. Available from: <Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/ccaufmg/article/view/2830 >. Accessed: Feb 06, 2021.
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; PERES, 2001PERES, J. R. O leite como ferramenta do monitoramento nutricional. In: GONZÁLEZ, F. H.; DÜRR, J. W.; FONTANELLI, R. S. Uso do leite para monitorar a nutrição e o metabolismo de vacas leiteiras. Gráfica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. (2001).). Amino acids are important as the forming elements of proteins; that is, the lack of a single amino acid inhibits the formation of an entire protein molecule and impairs the efficiency of the mammary gland in the formation of a certain amount of protein (PERES, 2001). Amino acid supplementation in spring and summer is used as an alternative to overcome the nutrient deficit at these times. However, the cultivation and storage of foods with high biological value may be the most economically viable alternative. Foods such as silage and hay are used mainly during spring forage emptiness, when winter pastures begin to age and summer pastures are still being prepared.

Lactose levels were most likely to be above 4.30% in spring and winter, a level that captures 75.50% of the samples (966.715). The decrease in lactose levels in summer and autumn can be attributed to the energy present in the diet in these seasons. It is known that changes in energy supply affect milk production and composition and can be modified according to the productive potential of each animal, stage of lactation, and feed supply, or when there is a deficiency in digestible carbohydrates from the diet (ARRUDA JUNIOR et al., 2019ARRUDA JUNIOR, L. C. et al. Variation in the content of defatted dry extract in cooling tanks milk samples of dairy farms. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, [s.l.], v.40, n.1, p.203-215, 2019. Available from: <Available from: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4457/445758367015/html/> . Accessed: Feb. 16, 2020. doi: 10.5433/1679-0359.2019v40n1p203.
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; GABBI et al., 2018GABBI, A. M. et al. Different levels of supplied energy for lactating cows affect physicochemical attributes of milk. Anim. Feed Sci, n.27, p.11-17, 2018. Available from: <Available from: http://www.jafs.com.pl/Different-levels-of-supplied-energy-for-lactating-cows-naffect-physicochemical-attributes,83703,0,2.html >. Accessed: May, 05, 2021. doi: <10.22358/jafs/83703/2018>.
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). In addition, the number of lactations is a factor of great importance in the composition of lactose, since there is a linear decrease as the number of lactations increases. Furthermore, high SCS are negatively correlated with lactose (BONDAN et al., 2018BONDAN, C. et al. Milk composition of Holstein cows: a retrospective study. Ciencia Rural, Santa Maria, v.48, n.12, p.1-8, 2018. Available from: <Available from: https://www.scielo.br/j/cr/a/GWCRtNMnhcxk3LDYV8Zst7z/?lang=en >. Accessed: Feb. 05, 2021. doi: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20180123.
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). All these factors must be analyzed when we seek to understand the reasons that lactose levels are likely to be above the minimum established by IN 76 only in spring and winter.

For SCS levels, spring, summer, and autumn were more likely to be equal to or above the standards established in the legislation (<500.000 cells/mL). Summer is the season with the highest number of somatic cells, which may be indicative of health problems in the herd (BONDAN et al., 2018BONDAN, C. et al. Milk composition of Holstein cows: a retrospective study. Ciencia Rural, Santa Maria, v.48, n.12, p.1-8, 2018. Available from: <Available from: https://www.scielo.br/j/cr/a/GWCRtNMnhcxk3LDYV8Zst7z/?lang=en >. Accessed: Feb. 05, 2021. doi: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20180123.
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). MACHADO et al., (2000MACHADO, P. F. et al. Composição do leite de Tanques de Rebanhos Brasileiros distribuídos segundo sua contagem de células somáticas. R. Bras. Zootec., n.29, v.6. p.1883- 1886, 2000. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1516-5982000000600038&script=sci_abstract&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Feb. 05, 2020. doi: 10.1590/S1516-35982000000600038.
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) report that the SCC of samples from the refrigeration tank indicates the occurrence of mastitis and that tanks with higher SCS averages present greater oscillation in the milk constituents. TORRES et al., (2016TORRES et al. Uso de modelos de regressão logística para avaliar a composição físico-química do leite bovino in natura. Rev. Bras. Saúde Prod. Anim., Salvador, v.17, n.4, p.642-651 out./dez., 2016. Available from: <https://www.scielo.br/j/rbspa/a/ybq8gmjdhScSmWN4J6syQnH/?lang=pt>. doi: 10.1590/S1519-99402016000400008.
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) state that a somatic cell count above 600.000 cells/mL results in a 28% probability of mastitis in the herd.

CONCLUSION:

Through description of the levels of non-fat solids (NFS) in milk produced in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, it was shown that they are within the parameters established by the legislation only in the autumn and winter seasons. The lowest NFS values were described in spring in all studied microregions. The somatic cell score (SCS) was high in the spring, summer, and autumn seasons.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The present work was carried out with the support Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brasil - Finance code 001.

REFERENCES

  • CR-2021-0592.R2

Edited by

Editors: Rudi Weiblen(0000-0002-1737-9817)
Juliana Felipetto Cargnelutti(0000-0002-3160-3643)

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    08 July 2022
  • Date of issue
    2023

History

  • Received
    11 Aug 2021
  • Accepted
    21 Mar 2022
  • Reviewed
    16 May 2022
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