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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of Animal Production</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1301-9597</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2645-9043</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Ege Zootekni Derneği</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29185/hayuretim.1581306</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Stock Farming and Treatment</subject>
                                                            <subject>Animal Growth and Development</subject>
                                                            <subject>Animal Science, Genetics and Biostatistics</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Büyükbaş Hayvan Yetiştirme ve Islahı</subject>
                                                            <subject>Hayvan Yetiştirme</subject>
                                                            <subject>Zootekni, Genetik ve Biyoistatistik</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>A Study on Milk Quality Characteristics of Simmental (Fleckvieh) Cows Reared Karacabey District of Bursa Province</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Bursa İli Karacabey İlçesinde Yetiştirilen Simmental (Fleckvieh) Irkı Sığırların Süt Kalite Özellikleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4244-705X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Uzun</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nazif</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Karacabey Meslek Yüksekokulu</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250630">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
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                                        <volume>66</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>15</fpage>
                                        <lpage>24</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20241115">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>15</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250528">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>28</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1974, Hayvansal Üretim</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1974</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Hayvansal Üretim</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Objective The aim of this study was to determine the milk quality characteristics of Simmental (SIM) (Fleckvieh) cattle originating from Austria and GermanyMaterial and Methods: For this aim, a total of 1928 milk samples taken during morning milking in different seasons between 2018 and 2022 from cattle raised in a disease-free private dairy farm in Karacabey District of Bursa Province were evaluated.Results: Milk quality characteristics include fat (MFC), protein (MPC), lactose (MLC), total dry matter content (TDMC), milk urea nitrogen (MUN) amount and Log10SCC were determined. Parity effects on MLC (P</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Avusturya ve Almanya kökenli Simental (SIM) (Fleckvieh) sığırların süt kalite özelliklerinin belirlemesidir..Materyal ve Metot: Bursa İli Karacabey İlçesi&#039;nde hastalıktan ari özel bir işletmede yetiştirilen sığırlarından 2018-2023 yılları arasında farklı mevsimlerde sabah sağımında alınan toplam 1928 süt örneği değerlendirilmiştir. Süt kalite özellikleri olarak yağ oranı (SYO), protein oranı  (SPO), laktoz oranı (SLO),  toplam kuru madde oranı (TKMO), süt üre azot miktarı (SÜA) ve Log10SHS özellikleri belirlenmiştir.Bulgular: Avusturya ve Alamnya kökenli Simental (SIM) (Fleckvieh) sığırlarda süt kalite özellikleri olarak yağ oranı (SYO), protein oranı  (SPO), laktoz oranı (SLO),  toplam kuru madde oranı (TKMO), süt üre azot miktarı (SÜA) ve Log10SHS özellikleri belirlenmiştir. SLO (P</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Dual purpose cattle</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mik fat content</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Milk protein content</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Milk urea nitrogen</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Somatic cell count</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Kombine verimli sığır</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Süt yağı oranı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Süt protein oranı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Süt üre azotu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Somatik hücre sayısı</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi</named-content>
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                                                                            <award-id>ZRF 21014</award-id>
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