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Milk yield and composition of crossbred cows in the hilly Wayanad district of Kerala, India

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Title Milk yield and composition of crossbred cows in the hilly Wayanad district of Kerala, India
 
Creator G, RADHIKA
S, AJITHKUMAR
A, RANI
T, SATHIAN C
K, ANILKUMAR
P, USHA A
N, DINESH C
 
Subject Crossbred cows
Fat
Milk yield
SNF
 
Description Lactation milk yield and milk constituents like milk fat and solids-not-fat (SNF) decide the economics of dairy cattle rearing. Data from hilly districts like Wayanad are seriously lacking and hence the present study was undertaken, where 268 cows from 5 centres of Wayanad were selected for recording lactation milk yield. 929 milk samples from these cows were analyzed for fat, solids not fat (SNF) and total solids in different stages of lactation. The overall least squares mean for lactation milk yield, peak yield, milk fat and SNF percentages were 2118.796±139.578 kg, 10.627±0.6120 kg, 3.515±0.080 and 8.359±0.042 respectively. The least squares analysis of variance revealed that centre had significant effect on peak yield, lactation milk yield, milk fat, SNF and total solids percentages, whereas parity and season of calving had no significant effect.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2012-10-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/24323
10.56093/ijans.v82i10.24323
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol. 82 No. 10 (2012); 1251–1254
2394-3327
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/24323/11555
 
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