Evaluation of the Physical and Chemical Quality of Moroccan Cow Raw Milk in Dairy Herds Located in the Beni Mellal Region

Physicochemical Quality of Cow Raw Milk Produced in the Fkih Ben Saleh Area

“…Finally, all milk samples tested for AT were, in almost cases, normal at different concentrations 79, 76, 74 and 68%. These findings stay almost similar to those described by Hnini et al [20] for the main fourth areas including Fkih ben saleh area especially for Ac (14.85, 15.25, 15.20 and 15.65 D°), pH (is oscillated from 6.68 to 6.76). However, the measurement of milk density in Fkih ben saleh remains also similar to those previously advanced by Hnini et al [20] in described areas including Fkih ben saleh, except in case of November and December months in our study which showed densities of 1.0208 and 1.0494, respectively.…”

“…Finally, an average of 86.0, 82.8, 82.1 and 85.6 g/l was also registered in these areas, respectively for SNF. Of note, the Bx average rate oscillated between 09 to 10% for all studied areas [20]. In general, these findings remain less than what we found in the present study in Fkih ben saleh area for almost of above described milk quality parameters such as FC, PC, TS and SNF.…”

“…In general, these findings remain less than what we found in the present study in Fkih ben saleh area for almost of above described milk quality parameters such as FC, PC, TS and SNF. This notable difference showed a variability of nutritional milk quality between regions on the one hand and milk farms on the one other hand [20]. This variation could be also due to the geographical difference that leads to the variation of climatic conditions and the ways to feed livestock and is also related to breeding conditions adopted by the farms in each province [20].…”

“…We previously reported on the general characteristics of raw cow milk in this region [20][21]. To more complete our knowledge on the full characteristics, we sought in this study to investigate other areas of this region.…”

Changes of Physicochemical composition of Moroccan bovine’s milk along the years

“…High-Fat milk has a low density, whereas skim milk has a high density of 16 . This showed that density and fat remain two fundamental parameters that determine the value of milk 17 . Comparison of our results with those reported in previous studies (Figure 2) in the GCBH region showed a slight variation in densities.…”