Risk factors for milk off-flavours in dairy herds from Prince Edward Island, Canada

HS-SPME gas chromatographic characterization of volatile compounds in milk tainted with off-flavour

“…The chemical compositions (Table 1) of these silages were within the range of good quality mixed grass silages, and mirrored the values obtained by Mounchili et al (2004), suggesting that they were representative of the silages made in PEI.…”

“…The objective of the present investigation was twofold: (1) to use the findings of the study of the outbreak of milk off-flavours presented by Mounchili, Wichtel, Dohoo, Keefe, and Halliday (2004) to develop a reliable on-farm model for recreating feed off-flavour in raw milk and, more importantly, (2) to use headspace solidphase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) gas chromatography techniques to fingerprint the VOCs associated directly or indirectly with this defect in milk.…”

Feeding and refusal of expressed and stored human (FRESH) milk study - a short communication

“…These are classified as "transmitted" (feed) off-flavours, and 9 (15%), 6 (10%), and 4 (6%) as "rancid", "oxidized" and "malty" off-flavours, respectively. 20 While this may be a starting point of useful information, bovine digestion is completely different from that of human and this information is not generalizable to humans. While the participating sample size is small, and mothers regularly tasting their own milk is rare, these results give a sneak peek into infants' feeding habits and how human milk may be affected by storage.…”

Milk Processing and Quality Management

“…Transmitted off-flavours have major incidence in the milk industry. Mounchili et al (2004), in a prospective case-control study with data on herd management, reported that the 69% of the cases milk off-flavours identified during the study period were due to 'transmitted' (feed) off-flavours, and 31% were due to other off-flavours.…”