Effects of composite β- and κ-Casein genotypes on milk coagulation, quality, and yield traits in Italian Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4022-4027

  Comin, A ^a   Cassandro, M ^a   Chessa, S ^b   Ojala, M ^c   Dal Zotto, R ^a   De Marchi, M ^a   Carnier, P ^a   Gallo, L ^a   Pagnacco, G ^b   Bittante, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Casein genotype; Dairy cattle; Holstein breed; Milk coagulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 54049125316     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0546     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Aleandri, R., L. G. Buttazzoni, J. C. Schneider, A. Caroli, and R. Davoli. 1990. The effects of milk protein polymorphisms on milk components and cheese-production ability. J. Dairy Sci. 73:241-255.
2. Aleandri, R., A. Nardone, and V. Russo. 1986. Milk yield for the cheesemaking process: Quantitative traits, loci, and selection strategies. 3rd World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. XII (64). Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln.
3. Aleandri, R., J. C. Schneider, and L. G. Buttazzoni. 1989. Evaluation of milk for cheese production based on milk characteristics and Formagraph measures. J. Dairy Sci. 72:1967-1975.
4. Bittante, G., M. Marusi, F. Cesarini, M. Povinelli, and M. Cassandro. 2002. Genetic analysis on milk rennet-coagulation ability in Italian Holstein cows. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Montpellier, France. CD Commun. No. 09-03.
5. Boettcher, P. J., A. Caroli, A. Stella, S. Chessa, E. Budelli, F. Canavesi, S. Ghiroldi, and G. Pagnacco. 2004. Effects of casein haplotypes on milk production traits in Italian Holstein and Brown Swiss cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 87:4311-4317.
6. Bovenhuis, H., J. A. M. van Arendonk, and S. Korver. 1992. Associations between milk protein polymorphism and milk production traits. J. Dairy Sci. 75:2549-2559.
7. Caroli, A., P. Bolla, G. Pagnacco, M. Rampilli, and L. Degano. 1988. Repeatability of milk clottingevaluated by the lactodynamographic analysis. J. Dairy Res. 57:141-142.
8. Cassandro, M., A. Comin, M. Ojala, R. Dal Zotto, M. De Marchi, L. Gallo, P. Carnier, and G. Bittante. 2008. Genetic parameters of milk coagulation properties and their relationships with milk yield and quality traits in Italian Holstein cows. J. Dairy Sci. 91:371-376.
9. COGNOSAG ad hoc committee. 1995. Revised guidelines for gene nomenclature in ruminants 1993. Genet. Sel. Evol. 27:89-93.
10. Davoli, R., S. Dall'Olio, and V. Russo. 1990. Effect of K-casein genotype on the coagulation properties of milk. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 107:458-464.
11. De Marchi, M., R. Dal Zotto, M. Cassandro, and G. Bittante. 2007. Milk coagulation ability of five dairy cattle breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 90:3986-3992.
12. Erhardt, G. 1989. K-Casein in bovine milk. Evidence of a further allele (K-CnE) in different breeds. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 106:225-231.
13. Erhardt, G., J. Juszczak, L. Panicke, and H. Krick-Saleck. 1998. Genetic polymorphism of milk proteins in Polish Red cattle: A new genetic variant of beta-lactoglobulin. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 115:63-71.
14. Falconer, D. S., and T. F. C. Mackay. 1996. Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. 4th ed. Longman Group Ltd., Essex, UK.
15. Ferretti, L., P. Leone, and V. Sgaramella. 1990. Long range restriction analysis of the bovine casein genes. Nucleic Acids Res. 18:6829-6833.
16. Freyer, G., Z. Liu, G. Erhard, and L. Panicke. 1999. Casein polymorphism and relation between milk production traits. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 116:87-97.
17. Freyer, G., P. Sorensen, C. Kuhn, R. Weikard, and I. Hoeschele. 2003. Search for pleiotropic QTL on chromosome BTA6 affecting yield traits of milk production. J. Dairy Sci. 86:999-1008.
18. Gallagher, D. S., C. P. Schelling, M. M. Groenen, and J. E. Womack. 1994. Confirmation that the casein gene cluster resides on cattle chromosome 6. Mamm. Genome 5:525. (Abstr.)
19. Groeneveld, E. 1990. PEST User's Manual. Inst. Anim. Husbandry Anim. Behav., Fed. Agric. Res. Ctr., Neustadt, Germany.
20. Ikonen, T. 2000. Possibilities of genetic improvement of milk coagulation properties of dairy cows. PhD Diss. Univ. Helsinki, Finland. Available: http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/maa/kotie/vk/ikonen.
21. Ikonen, T., K. Ahlfors, R. Kempe, M. Ojala, and O. Ruottinen. 1999a. Genetic parameters for the milk coagulation properties and prevalence of noncoagulating milk in Finnish dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 82:205-214.
22. Ikonen, T., H. Bovenhuis, M. Ojala, O. Ruottinen, and M. Georges. 2001. Associations between casein haplotypes and first lactation milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire cows. J. Dairy Sci. 84:507-514.
23. Ikonen, T., M. Ojala, and O. Ruottinen. 1999b. Association between milk protein polymorphism and first lactation milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire cows. J. Dairy Sci. 82:1026-1033.
24. Ikonen, T., M. Ojala, and E. L. Syväoja. 1997. Effects of composite casein and β-lactoglobulin genotypes on renneting properties and composition of bovine milk by assuming an animal model. Agric. Food Sci. Finl. 6:283-294.
25. ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica). 2005. Censimento dell'agricoltura, indagine sui prodotti lattiero-caseari in Italia, in 2005. Online: http://www.istat.it.
26. Kennedy, B. W., M. Quinton, and J. A. M. van Arendonk. 1992. Estimation of effects of single genes on quantitative traits. J. Anim. Sci. 70:2000-2012.
27. Mariani, P., G. Losi, V. Russo, G. B. Castagnetti, L. Grazia, D. Morini, and E. Fossa. 1976. Prove di caseificazione con latte caratterizzato dalle varianti A e B della k-caseina nella produzione del formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano. Sci. Teen. Latt. Cas. 27:208-216.
28. Martin, P., M. Szymanowska, L. Zwierzchowski, and C. Leroux. 2002. The impact of genetic polymorphisms on the protein composition of ruminant milks. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 42:433-459.
29. Marzali, A. S., and K. F. Ng-Kwai-Hang. 1986. Effect of milk composition and genetic polymorphism on coagulation properties of milk. J. Dairy Sci. 69:1793-1799.
30. Mayer, H. K., M. Ortner, E. Tschager, and W. Ginzinger. 1997. Composite milk protein phenotypes in relation to composition and cheese making properties of milk. Int. Dairy J. 7:305-310.
31. Ng-Kwai-Hang, K. F., J. F. Hayes, J. E. Moxley, and H. G. Monardes. 1984. Associations of genetic variants of casein and milk serum proteins with milk, fat and protein production by dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 67:835-840.
32. Ng-Kwai-Hang, K. F., J. F. Hayes, J. E. Moxley, and H. G. Monardes. 1986. Relationships between milk protein polymorphism and major milk constituents in Holstein-Friesian cows. J. Dairy Sci. 69:22-26.
33. Ojala, M., T. R. Famula, and J. F. Medrano. 1997. Effects of milk protein genotypes on the variation for milk production traits of Holstein and Jersey cows in California. J. Dairy Sci. 80:1776-1785.
34. Ojala, M., A.-M. Tyrisevä, and T. Ikonen. 2005. Genetic improvement of milk quality traits for cheese production. Pages 307-311 in Indicators of Milk and Beef Quality. J. F. Hocquette and S. Gigli, ed. EAAP publication 112. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
35. Pagnacco, G., and A. Caroli. 1987. Effect of casein and b-lactoglobulin genotypes on renneting properties of milks. J. Dairy Res. 54:479-485.
36. Politis, I., and K. F. Ng-Kwai-Hang. 1988. Effects of somatic cell counts and milk composition on the coagulating properties of milk. J. Dairy Sci. 71:1740-1745.
37. SAS Institute. 2000. User's Guide. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.
38. Threadgill, D. W., and J. E. Womack. 1990. Genomic analysis of the major bovine milk protein genes. Nucleic Acids Res. 18:6935-6942.
39. Waugh, D. F., and P. H. von Hippel. 1956. K-Casein and stabilization of casein micelles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 78:4576-4582.