[Changes in the total protein and protein fractions in cow's milk irradiated with ultraviolet rays]

Comparative experimental electrophoretic studies were carried out to establish the effect of ultraviolet treatment on cow's milk at various rates of irradiation (5, 10 and 15 min) with a view to raising and regulating the content of the total protein and the protein fractions in milk intended for the feeding of calves. Results showed that there were no substantial changes in the level of the total protein, the albumins having a rising trend that was manifested best at a 15-minute treatment. Most characteristic were the changes taking place in the immunoglobulin fraction which rose by 4.7 per cent. The beta-lactoglobulin fraction dropped by 4.5 per cent, on an average, at all rates of treatment, and the level of alfa-lactoglobulin at 5- and 10-minute irradiation underwent almost no changes, it rising by about 2.09 per cent, on an average, at 15-min treatment. Similar was the trend manifested by the proteoso-pepton fraction showing a rise as early as the first ten minutes of treatment.