A2 milk production and genetic improvement of the herd

Abstract

Bovine milk is an important food and product of the Brazilian Agribusiness, however, to please consumer demands, the market needs to constantly reinvent itself. As a result, products such as milk with the A2 seal gain prominence for being considered easier to digest, since it does not have bioactive peptides in its composition, related to the development of allergies and other human diseases. The objective of this project was to demonstrate the possibility of exclusive production of A2 milk on farms in Brazil, addressing it is production process, it is characteristics and advantages. Therefore, it was observed that to obtain milk with these characteristics, it is necessary to invest in biotechnologies, such as animal selection and the association of artificial insemination with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, enabling high production rates of calves/cow/year with the A2A2 gene and still prove the reliability of the production system using efficient traceability methods, which provided for obtaining the A2 seal. However, due to the benefits of A2 milk presented in this work, it is believed that the investment made will bring an excellent financial return, as this project aims to make people who stopped drinking milk due to discomfort to consume it again.