Sheep milk management for cheese production

Managing dairy ewes for cheese 

The group behind the project wanted to better understand the impact of the following variables on the bacteriology and composition of sheep milk by looking at the stages of lactation, the breed, with a focus on pure Friesland, pure Lleyn and Friesland cross Lleyn ewes and lastly the selenium diet
supplementation for ewes.

Over 60 ewes contributed milk for analysis, with over 1,000 milk samples tested for a wide range of bacteria on a regular basis during 2019 and 2021.

EIP Wales, delivered by Menter a Busnes, had received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which was funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

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