Italian Journal of Animal Science (Oct 2018)

A comparison of milk protein, fat, lactose, total solids and amino acid profiles of three different buffalo breeds in Guangxi, China

  • Ling Zhou,
  • Qingfeng Tang,
  • Muhammad Wasim Iqbal,
  • Zhongsheng Xia,
  • Feng Huang,
  • Lili Li,
  • Mingzhen Liang,
  • Bo Lin,
  • Guangsheng Qin,
  • Caixia Zou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2018.1443288
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 873 – 878

Abstract

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This study compared the milk protein, fat, lactose, total solids and amino acids (AA) profiles of Murrah buffalo, Nili-Ravi buffalo and crossbreed buffalo. Buffalo milk samples of Murrah (n = 25), Nili-Ravi (n = 20) and Triple-crossbred (n = 23) were collected and milk protein, fat, lactose, total solids and 17 AA profiles were determined. Milk protein and total solids contents of Murrah buffalo were higher than those of Nili-Ravi buffalo (p .05). Conclusively, the milk of Murrah buffalo, Nili-Ravi buffalo and crossbreed buffalo was all rich in glutamic acid while poor in cysteine contents. After crossbreeding, the milk production of Triple-crossbred buffalo was higher than the local Chinese buffalo and its milk composition was in between those of Murrah and Nili-Ravi.

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