Effect of grazing cows in an intensive silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala on Panela cheese properties: yield, composition, fatty acid profile and sensory acceptability

Abstract

Yield, chemical composition, fatty acid profile, and sensory acceptability of Panela cheese produced from cows grazing in an intensive silvopastoral system (ISS) with Leucaena leucocephala and Cynodon nlemfuensis were evaluated and compared with Panela cheese from cows grazing a monoculture system (MS) of C. nlemfuensis only. The experiment lasted for 9 weeks in a tropical area in Mexico using ten crossbred cows (30–90 days of milking) assigned homogenously as five cows in each experimental group. No significant differences were found between the two systems for milk and cheese gross composition. Panela cheese from ISS showed lower content of the hypercholesterolemic fatty acids, accompanied with higher content of omega‐3, omega‐6 and polyunsaturated fatty acids. In addition, Panela cheese from ISS showed higher preference for the attributes of appearance, texture, flavor, and overall acceptability. It is concluded that Panela cheese from cows grazing in ISS has better acceptability and nutritional properties than that produced from MS with grass only.

Characterisation and sensory appraisal of fresh ‘molido’ cheese from cows fed different levels of sunflower silage inclusion in small-scale dairy systems

“…The results of the evaluation of odour and avour were similar to Moneeb et al (2019), who reported values of 6.1, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.6 for panela (fresh) cheese made with milk from cows under two feeding systems (monoculture and intensive silvopastoral systems); although these authors used a 9-point hedonic scale, where nine was 'I like it very much'; ve, 'I do not like nor dislike'; and one, 'I don't like it' to nd out its acceptability among the panellists.…”

Importance of the silvipastoral system on the animal health and welfare of dairy cattle

“…Moreover, the use of this type of system has the following benefits: increase soil fertility and conservation, improve thermal comfort of animals, possibility to increase the diversification of biodiversity and also, have a higher production and more quality in forage and animal production (SIERRA et al, 2002;POWER et al, 2003;YAMAMOTO et al, 2007;TUCKER et al, 2008). This system brings among many other benefits a better ambience for animal Brazilian Journal of Development, Curitiba, v.9, n.1, p. 1155-1178, jan., 2023 production, avoiding the mitigating effect of thermal stress in cattle leading to an improvement in productivity as well as milk quality in breeding systems that make use of this type of consortized dairy cow breeding in environments shaded by forestry (KINCHEL et al, 2014;MONEEB et al, 2019;DENIZ et al, 2019;LEITE DA SILVA et al, 2020).…”