Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Oana Diana OPREA, Adrian RĂDUȚĂ, Simona CĂLIN (NICOLAE), Crina ANDREI
This research paper consisted in carrying out a study that elucidates how the quality of cow’s milk varies depending on the time of lactation initiation (calendar month in which the cows gives birth and the lactation starts). Thus, there were examined milk samples from two groups of cows that gave birth in different seasons (autumn and spring). The determinations concerned were the following: the percentage of protein, the percentage of lactose and the fat percentage in milk. After analyzing the results, compared to the cows that gave birth in autumn, we observed that the percentage of protein increased in the milk from the cows that gave birth in spring, whereas the percentage of fat decreased. The percentage of lactose varied within the similar limits for both experimental groups.
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