Abstract
The aim of this study was an evaluation of the effects of two species of coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS), Staphylococcus xylosus and Staphylococcus warneri, on the changes in technological parameters of cows' milk. The study was conducted in a herd of Slovak Pied cattle breed (with share of HF blood). Based on the performance results from three subsequent months, cows in the 2nd and 3rd lactation with SCC up to 200 thousand/ml (8 heads, 32 quarters), and above 800 thousand/ml (8 heads, 32 quarters), after the 4th month of lactation, were selected. The samples were subjected to microbiological analysis, total bacteria count, somatic cell count; basic milk composition and physicochemical properties were also examined. The research has found the impact of bacterial infection on the increasing (p<0.05) of the number of somatic cells and a decrease (p<0.01) in protein levels in milk due to both types of staphylococci. There was a significant (p<0.05) reduction in C8: 0, C10: 0 and the total amount of saturated fatty acids in the milk of the infected cows in comparison to the healthy ones. The research also revealed higher (p<0.01) levels of C14: 0 and C20: 1 in milk from the healthy cows.
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