[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Milk lactose—Current status and future challenges in dairy cattle

A Costa, N Lopez-Villalobos, NW Sneddon… - Journal of dairy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lactose is the main carbohydrate in mammals' milk, and it is responsible for the osmotic
equilibrium between blood and alveolar lumen in the mammary gland. It is the major bovine …

Heritability and repeatability of milk lactose and its relationships with traditional milk traits, somatic cell score and freezing point in Holstein cows

A Costa, N Lopez-Villalobos, G Visentin, M De Marchi… - Animal, 2019 - cambridge.org
Lactose percentage (LP) in milk is currently determined in most herd-testing schemes, and
globally, it is usually routinely recorded in the framework of the official milk recording …

Inline milk lactose concentration as biomarker of the health status and reproductive success in dairy cows

M Televičius, V Juozaitiene, D Malašauskienė… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, cow reticulorumen content pH and temperature together with the activity were
registered using smaXtec boluses, specially designed for animal care. Body weight …

Relationship among milk conductivity, production traits, and somatic cell score in the Italian Mediterranean Buffalo

R Matera, G Di Vuolo, A Cotticelli, A Salzano, G Neglia… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mastitis can be considered one of the costliest diseases of the dairy
Mediterranean Buffalo. Early detection of the disease is thus of great importance to farmers …

Prediction of lactational milk yield of cows based on data recorded by AMS during the periparturient period

P Kliś, D Piwczyński, A Sawa, B Sitkowska - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Barns equipped with the automatic milking system (AMS) record huge
amounts of data on milk flow rate, milk yield and composition, milk temperature, amount of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic relationships of lactose and freezing point with minerals and coagulation traits predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in Holstein cows

A Costa, G Visentin, M De Marchi, M Cassandro… - Journal of dairy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to assess the relationships of lactose percentage (LP),
lactose yield (LY), and freezing point (FRP) with minerals and coagulation properties …

The Relation between Milk Lactose Concentration and the Rumination, Feeding, and Locomotion Behavior of Early-Lactation Dairy Cows

R Antanaitis, K Džermeikaitė, J Krištolaitytė… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Precision livestock farming involves the use of real-time monitoring
technologies to manage the smallest unit of production, focusing specifically on individual …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with negative energy balance and its effect on behavior and production performance of dairy cows: A review

AK Singh, C Bhakat, DK Mandal, A Mandal… - Iranian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.iau.ir
Optimum nutritional condition of dairy cows during the different stages of production is highly
recommended. Production of high quality milk is the primary goal of every herdsman …

The performance and metabolism of dairy cows receiving an ultra-diluted complex in the diet during the transition period and early lactation

LS Gheller, MM Martins, TH Silva, G Freu, MSV Salles… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The transition period is a critical phase for dairy cows, characterized by
significant metabolic changes that occur to prepare the cow for calving and future lactation …

[HTML][HTML] On the genomic regions associated with milk lactose in Fleckvieh cattle

A Costa, H Schwarzenbacher, G Mészáros… - Journal of dairy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lactose is a sugar uniquely found in mammals' milk and it is the major milk solid in bovines.
Lactose yield (LY, kg/d) is responsible for milk volume, whereas lactose percentage (LP) is …