Milk Composition and Quality of Dairy Cattle in Perak in 2012

Lily Suhaida M.S.,
Noor Akmi M.N.,
Bohari J., Najamuddin M.Y and Ramlan M.

Lily Suhaida M.S., Noor Akmi M.N., Bohari J., Najamuddin M.Y and Ramlan M.

This paper reports the chemical composition and quality of milk samples from dairy cattle submitted to Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) in year 20 l 2. A total of 3,014 fresh milk samples from the dairy farms around Perak were analysed for milk fat, solid non fat, total solids, protein and added water using milk analyzer. The average levels of chemical compositions were fat (4.13%), solid non fat (9.68%), total solids (13.82%), protein (3.65%) and added water (0.55). By comparing with the Malaysians Food Regulations 1985, around 81.55%, 92.67%, 82.28% and 92.34% of samples meet the standard for the fat content, solid non fat, protein and added water, respectively. Based on total solids content, the results showed that the Grade A, Grade B and Grade C of raw milk quality were 86.86%, 7 .63% and 5.51 %, respectively. From this study, it was concluded that the composition and quality of dairy cattle milk samples collected from farmers around Perak is still of good quality, however it can be improved.