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Comparison of milk protein composition and rennet coagulation properties in native Swedish dairy cow breeds and high-yielding Swedish Red cows

Poulsen, Nina A ; Glantz, Maria LU ; Rosengaard, Anette K. ; Paulsson, Marie LU and Larsen, Lotte B. (2017) In Journal of Dairy Science 100(11). p.8722-8734
Abstract

Recent studies have reported a very high frequency of noncoagulating milk in Swedish Red cows. The underlying factors are not fully understood. In this study, we explored rennet-induced coagulation properties and relative protein profiles in milk from native Swedish Mountain and Swedish Red Polled cows and compared them with a subset of noncoagulating (NC) and well-coagulating (WC) milk samples from modern Swedish Red cows. The native breeds displayed a very low prevalence of NC milk and superior milk coagulation properties compared with Swedish Red cows. The predominant variants in both native breeds were αS1-casein (αS1-CN) B, β-CN A2 and β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) B. For κ-CN, the B variant was... (More)

Recent studies have reported a very high frequency of noncoagulating milk in Swedish Red cows. The underlying factors are not fully understood. In this study, we explored rennet-induced coagulation properties and relative protein profiles in milk from native Swedish Mountain and Swedish Red Polled cows and compared them with a subset of noncoagulating (NC) and well-coagulating (WC) milk samples from modern Swedish Red cows. The native breeds displayed a very low prevalence of NC milk and superior milk coagulation properties compared with Swedish Red cows. The predominant variants in both native breeds were αS1-casein (αS1-CN) B, β-CN A2 and β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) B. For κ-CN, the B variant was predominant in the Swedish Mountain cows, whereas the A variant was the most frequent in the Swedish Red Polled. The native breeds displayed similar protein composition, but varied in content of αS1-CN with 9 phosphorylated serines (9P) form. Within the Swedish Mountain cows, we observed a strong inverse correlation between the relative concentration of κ-CN and micelle size and a positive correlation between ionic calcium and gel firmness. For comparison, we investigated a subset of 29 NC and 28 WC milk samples, representing the extremes with regard to coagulation properties based on an initial screening of 395 Swedish Red cows. In Swedish Red, NC milk properties were found to be related to higher frequencies of β-CN A2, κ-CN E and A variants, as well as β-LG B, and the predominant composite genotype of β- and κ-CN in the NC group was A2A2/AA. Generally, the A2A2/AA composite genotype was related to lower relative concentrations of κ-CN isoforms and higher relative concentrations of αS1-, αS2-, and β-CN. Compared with the group of WC milk samples, NC milk contained a higher fraction of αS2-CN and α-lactalbumin (α-LA) but a lower fraction of αS1-CN 9P. In conclusion, milk from native Swedish breeds has good characteristics for cheese milk, which could be exploited in niche dairy products. In milk from Swedish Mountain cows, levels of ionic calcium seemed to be more important for rennet-induced gel firmness than variation in the relative protein profile. In Swedish Red, lower protein content as well as higher fraction of αS2-CN and lower fraction of αS1-CN 9P were related to NC milk. Further, a decrease in the frequency of the composite β-κ-CN genotype A2A2/AA through selective breeding could have a positive effect on milk coagulation properties.

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Genetic polymorphism, Indigenous cattle, Liquid chromatography, Mass spectrometry
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Journal of Dairy Science
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100
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11
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8722 - 8734
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American Dairy Science Association
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0022-0302
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10.3168/jds.2017-12920
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English
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  author       = {{Poulsen, Nina A and Glantz, Maria and Rosengaard, Anette K. and Paulsson, Marie and Larsen, Lotte B.}},
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  keywords     = {{Genetic polymorphism; Indigenous cattle; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{8722--8734}},
  publisher    = {{American Dairy Science Association}},
  series       = {{Journal of Dairy Science}},
  title        = {{Comparison of milk protein composition and rennet coagulation properties in native Swedish dairy cow breeds and high-yielding Swedish Red cows}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-12920}},
  doi          = {{10.3168/jds.2017-12920}},
  volume       = {{100}},
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