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Production, chemical composition, and economic viability of Minas Frescal cheese from buffaloes supplemented with açai seed

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We aimed to evaluate the chemical composition, production yield, and economic viability of Minas Frescal cheese produced with milk from buffaloes supplemented with açai seed as a substitute for corn meal. The experiment used five Murrah crossbred buffaloes with a mean body weight of 577 ± 20.4 kg, maintained under Megathyrsus maximus cv. Mombaça grazing in a 5 × 5 Latin square design. The treatments comprised four concentrate supplements, in which açai seed replaced corn meal at 0, 33, 66, and 100% substitution, and a control with no concentrate supplementation. Replacement of corn meal with açai seed in buffalo diet had no effect on chemical composition of produced cheese (P > 0.05) nor was there any difference in chemical composition between the control group and animals supplemented with concentrate (P > 0.05). The adjusted cheese yield (kg cheese/cow/day) demonstrated a quadratic pattern with maximum production at 33% açai seed substitution (P < 0.05). Hence, the profitability index (percentage of gross revenue) was greatest at this replacement level. In conclusion, 33% açai seed replacement of corn meal in the supplement of buffalo under a grazing regime improved the individual yield of Minas Frescal cheese without changing its chemical composition.

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The authors would like to thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, the Fundação Amazônia de Amparo a Estudos e Pesquisas, and the Cosa Nostra cheese factory for funding this study.

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    Wildiney Freire de Oliveira, Elizanne Moura de Lima, Suely Sousa dos Santos, Grazielle Carvalho Reis, Daiany Iris Gomes, Kaliandra Souza Alves, Raylon Pereira Maciel, Julián Andrés Castillo Vargas & Rafael Mezzomo

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de Oliveira, W.F., de Lima, E.M., de Freitas, D.R. et al. Production, chemical composition, and economic viability of Minas Frescal cheese from buffaloes supplemented with açai seed. Trop Anim Health Prod 52, 2379–2385 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-02178-5

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