Research Regarding the Milk Quality Obtained from Farms Breading Cow’s Milk in Two Counties from Transylvania

Abstract

Researches were effectuated in 18 cattle farms from two counties, Cluj and Satu Mare, with 4329 head total cattle and 2226 head of cow’s milk, Romania Yellow Spotted Simmental breed (77.54%) and Romania Black and White Spotted–Friesian-Holstein (22.46%). The breading system is free stalls for 75% of cows with milking parlour 2x12 places and 25% are cows housing in tie-stall with Grabner system and milked in their stalls with milking machine with canteen. Farm capacity is between 50-973 head total cattle and 30-447 cows’ milk with milk production per total lactation between 4000 kg and 8641 kg milk. Thus we examined the milk quality, obtained from 1288 cows in Cluj and from 938 dairy cows in Satu Mare county in the period 2004-2009, by the analysis of 3251 samples of milk. Results from research samples of milk are relevant, so in Cluj county, TGN * 103 - 302.25 ± 86.28 (2004) come down to 46.76 ± 7.43 (2008) and SCC * 103 - 457.01 ± 16.68 (2004) to 185.46 ± 9.45 (2008) and in Satu Mare county TGN * 103 -337.46 ± 28.45 (2004) come down to 56.92 ± 11.87 (2008) and SCC * 103 - 408.31 ± 14.50 (2004) to 298.71 ± 9.73 (2008).