MILK COMPOSITION EVALUATION IN DIFFERENT BREEDS OF LOCAL DAIRY TYPE ANIMALS IN PUNJAB

Abstract

The current study was carried out during the period of July 2022 to June 2023 with a total of 2012 milk samples to evaluate the effect of species on milk composition including fat, protein, solid not fat (SNF) and total solids (TS). The milk samples were collected from indigenous livestock species of Punjab Pakistan including cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and camel kept for milk purpose. The study was carried out at Livestock Production Research Institute (LPRI) Bahadurnagar, Okara. The objective of current study was to investigate the effect of species and breed on composition of milk. Milk samples were collected from pure Sahiwal cow, cross of Sahiwal cow with Friesian, local non-descript cow, Nili Ravi buffalo, Lohi sheep, goat and camels maintained at different livestock experiment stations under Livestock and Dairy development department Punjab Pakistan. Results showed highest milk fat in Lohi sheep 7.17 percent followed by camel 5.63 percent, buffalo 6.76 percent and goat 4.73 percent. Milk fat content of purebred Sahiwal, cross bred Sahiwal and local Qadirabad cow was 4.77, 4.52 and 5.19 percent respectively. Lacto meter reading (LR) was highest in Lohi sheep 30.02 followed by camel 29.59, buffalo 30.15 and then cow breeds. Solid not fat (SNF) content was highest in Lohi sheep 8.98 percent followed by Buffalo 8.84 and camel 8.51 percent. SNF content for goat was 7.55 percent and for purebred Sahiwal, cross bred Sahiwal and local Qadirabad cow was 7.50, 7.28 and 7.79 percent respectively. Total solids (TS) were found to be highest in Lohi sheep 16.12 followed by buffalo 15.83, camel 13.97 and then cow breeds ranging from 11.74 to 12.99 percent. The milk protein content was found to be highest for goat 4.82 percent followed by sheep 4.75, camel 3.95 percent and then by cow and buffalo.