Table 4 Effect of dietary tannin extract on physicochemical properties of milk in dry season experiment.

From: Effect of dietary tannin supplementation on cow milk quality in two different grazing seasons

Itema

Treatmentb (T)

SEM

P valuec

CON

TAN

T

Day (D)

T × D

Milk yield, kg/day

12.58

12.99

0.115

ns

***

ns

ECM, kg/day

12.98

13.51

0.173

ns

***

ns

Fat, g/100 g

3.81

3.99

0.113

ns

ns

ns

Lactose, g/100 g

4.669

4.630

0.024

ns

ns

ns

Protein yield, g/day

409.8

416.4

3.03

ns

*

ns

Protein, g/100 g

3.386

3.353

0.016

ns

ns

Casein, g/100 g

2.569

2.533

0.014

ns

*

ns

Urea, mg/dL

29.24

26.53

0.533

*

**

ns

SCC, log10/mL

2.963

3.014

0.038

ns

***

Colour parameters

L*

67.32

68.04

0.547

ns

**

ns

a*

− 1.980

− 1.907

0.062

ns

***

ns

b*

0.32

0.64

0.171

ns

***

ns

C*

2.51

2.59

0.100

ns

*

ns

H*

165.4

159.2

3.64

ns

**

ns

I450–530

− 73.1

− 86.9

7.26

ns

***

ns

Cheesemaking properties

LCY, g/kg

240.0

245.0

2.86

ns

***

ns

LDMCY, g/kg

73.63

73.96

0.580

ns

ns

ns

R, min:s

19:38

19:51

0:27

ns

***

ns

K20, min:s

5:04

5:29

0:16

ns

*

ns

A30, mm

35.4

30.8

1.64

ns

***

ns

A2R, mm

39.3

39.2

1.26

ns

ns

ns

Antioxidant capacity, mmol/L

FRAP

3.31

3.94

0.122

***

ns

TEAC

8.82

10.21

0.365

***

ns

  1. aL* lightness, a* redness, b* yellowness, C* chroma, H* hue angle, I450–530 integral value of the absorbance spectrum from 450 to 530 nm, LCY laboratory cheese yield, LDMCY laboratory dry matter cheese yield, R clotting time, K20 firming time, A30 curd firmness after 30 min, A2R curd firmness after two times R, FRAP ferric reducing antioxidant power, TEAC Trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity, ECM energy corrected milk, SCC somatic cells count.
  2. bCON control group, TAN group receiving 150 g/head × day of tannin extract.
  3. cns ≥ 0.100; < 0.100; *< 0.050; **< 0.010; ***< 0.001.