Dairy quality management promotes economic and environmental gains

• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Adriano Rogério
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Andreazzi, Márcia Aparecida, Simonelli, Sandra Maria, Cavalieri, Fábio Luiz Bim, Silva, Vinicius Eduardo Gargaro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/12250
• topic: Cadeia produtiva do leite; Precificação do leite; Produção de laticínios; Sustentabilidade econômica e ambiental.; Cadena de producción de leche; Precios de la leche; Producción láctea; Sostenibilidad económica y ambiental.; Milk production chain; Milk pricing; Dairy production; Economic and environmental sustainability.

The world dairy cattle industry has advanced, but in Brazil, the quality of milk is a barrier to the strengthening of the chain. Thus, the objective of this research was to institute an action plan in ten dairy farms in the southern region of Brazil, which produced low quality milk, and to monitor changes in quality and economic gain, during one year. Critical points were identified and an action plan based on good agricultural practices and mastitis control was instituted. Monitoring consisted of collecting and analyzing milk samples for levels of fat, protein, somatic cell count and standard plate count. After twelve months, there was an increase (p<0.05) in the levels of fat and protein and a reduction (p<0.05) in the somatic cell count and in the standard plaque count. The action plan improved the quality of milk and, therefore, reduced the disposal of milk in the environment, and increased the profitability of the properties studied.