Improving Milk Quality for Dairy Goat Farm Development
Abstract: The present study
was designed to evaluate factors affecting goat’s milk quality, consumer’s
satisfaction to goat’s milk, and technical responses associated with goat’s
milk quality. Three farms having more than 100 dairy goats were purposively
selected for the study. Thirty consumers were determined by using judgement
sampling techniques to assess the satisfaction of consumer to goat’s milk
quality. Data were analyzed by using fishbone diagram and House of Quality
matrix. The study revealed that milk quality produced by dairy goat farms met
the standard quality of milk composition namely; specific gravity, total solid,
fat, protein, and total solid non-fat. The main factors affecting goat milk
quantity and quality were the quality of does, pregnancy status, number of kids
per birth, shape and size of the udder, lactation length, and the health status
of the goat. The attributes of goat’s milk that were able to achieve customer’s
satisfaction targets were nutritional content, packaging size, and goat milk
color. Technical responses that were major concern in ensuring goat’s milk
quality included goat breed quality and health conditions, skills and
performances of farmers and employees, feed quality, farm equipment hygiene and
completeness, cleanliness, and hygiene of livestock housing and environment.
Technical response on livestock health condition was the first priority to be
improved.
Author: L. Cyrilla, B. P.
Purwanto, A. A., D. A. Astuti, A. Sukmawati
Journal Code: jppeternakangg150047