The aim of this study was to analyze the economic viability of producing dairy goat kids fed liquid diets in alternative of goat milk and slaughtered at two different ages. Forty-eight male newborn Saanen and Alpine kids were selected and allocated to four groups using a completely randomized factorial design: goat milk (GM), cow milk (CM), commercial milk replacer (CMR) and fermented cow colos...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this work was to study the lactobacilli and bifidobacteria population in human milk of healthy women, and to investigate the influence that several factors (including antibioteraphy during pregnancy and lactation, country and date of birth, delivery mode, or infant age) may exert on such population. METHODS A total of 160 women living in Germany or Austria provided ...

The present study aimed evaluate an on-farm culture system for identification of milk pathogens associated with clinical mastitis in dairy cows using two different gold standard approaches: standard laboratory culture in study 1 and 16S rRNA sequencing in study 2. In study 1, milk from mastitic quarters (i.e. presence of flakes, clots, or serous milk; n = 538) was cultured on-farm using a singl...

In mammary gland organ culture from midpregnant mice, synergistic actions of insulin, cortisol, and prolactin stimulate differentiation of mammary epithelium and induce the synthesis of the milk proteins casein and alpha-lactalbumin. In the present study we examined the production of collagen and its function in the hormone-dependent development of mammary gland in vitro. The measurement of col...

Different probiotic strains are incorporated into cultured-milk drinks by respective manufacturers with the common aim of providing health benefits to the consumers. Four common cultured-milk products (brands N, S, V and Y) were evaluated for their quality of probiotic strains used, based on the susceptibility of the probiotics to various pH levels simulated to mimic the gastrointestinal system...

Pure and/or mixed isolated microbial cultures, in the dairy sector known as starters, are widely used in the manufacture of numerous fermented (cultured) milk products as well as in butter and cheese making (Bylund, 1995). The starter is added to the sterilized milk-based fermentation media and allowed to grow under controlled and, if necessary, on-line regulated process conditions. During the ...

Backgrounds : The role of potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria of human milk   in  the  early  colonization and protection of infant against infections is the subject of increasing researches. Colonization with Lactobacillus plantarum in early infancy is suggested to be important for health in later life. However, we presently investigated the strain of Lactobacil...

By a series of centrifugation and ultracentrifugation, we could isolate microvesicles with approximately 100 nm in diameter from bovine milk. We also found that approximately 1700 and 1000 ng of total RNA, in which small RNAs were major components, was contained inside the microvesicles isolated from 6 ml of colostrum and mature milk, respectively, despite high RNase activity in the milk. Polya...