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Meta-analysis to investigate relationships between somatic cell count and raw milk composition, Cheddar cheese processing characteristics and cheese composition

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Cheese, Meta-analysis, Milk, Somatic cell count
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2013
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IJAFR, volume 52, no 2, 2013
Livestock Systems
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http://hdl.handle.net/11019/526
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U. Geary, N. Lopez-Villalobos, B. O’Brien, D.J. Garrick and L. Shalloo. 2013. Meta-analysis to investigate relationships between somatic cell count and raw milk composition, Cheddar cheese processing characteristics and cheese composition. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 52: 119–133
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The relationship between elevated somatic cell count (SCC) and raw milk composition, cheese processing and cheese composition, was investigated by meta-analysis using available literature representing 45 scientific articles. With respect to raw milk composition there was a significant positive relationship between SCC and the protein and fat contents and a significant negative relationship between SCC and the lactose content. In relation to cheese processing, there was a significant negative relationship between SCC and recoveries of protein and fat. As SCC increased cheese protein content declined and cheese moisture content increased.
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