Degree of Antioxidant Protection: A Parameter to Trace the Origin and Quality of Goat's Milk and Cheese

Relationship between degree of antioxidant protection (DAP) and cholesterol content in milk and cheese from different feeding treatments: GM and GC=not supplemented grazing goats; GBCM=grazing plus mixed barley and chickpeas; GMBM=grazing plus mixed corn and broad beans; ZGM=pasture hay ad libitum plus 0.6 kg/d of commercial concentrate; GVC=grazing on valley pasture; GMC=grazing on mountain pasture; ZGC=zero grazing; ZGUC=zero grazing plus unlimited concentrate; GUC=grazing plus unlimited amount of concentrate. Treatment names ending in M indicate analysis in milk; treatment names ending in C indicate analysis in cheese.

Relationship between milk degree of antioxidant protection (DAP) and grazed herbage intake. Each point is the mean of triplicate analyses of milk collected from homogeneous groups of goats grazing herbage. The x-axis indicates the contribution of grazed herbage intake to the animal diet calculated as a percentage of the maximum intake (1,100 g/d=100% grazing).