Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation
The Domestic Balkan and Banat donkey (Equus asinus asinus) are native donkey breeds primarily raised in the Special Nature Reserve 'Zasavica', Serbia. The study's objective was to analyze the composition of donkey's milk during the lactation period (12th to 30th week of lactation...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade
2024-01-01
|
| Series: | Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2024/1450-91562402155Q.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1841554265016893440 |
|---|---|
| author | Živkov-Baloš Milica Popov Nenad Vidaković-Knežević Suzana Savić Sara Gajdov Vladimir Jakšić Sandra Ljubojević-Pelić Dragana |
| author_facet | Živkov-Baloš Milica Popov Nenad Vidaković-Knežević Suzana Savić Sara Gajdov Vladimir Jakšić Sandra Ljubojević-Pelić Dragana |
| author_sort | Živkov-Baloš Milica |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The Domestic Balkan and Banat donkey (Equus asinus asinus) are native donkey breeds primarily raised in the Special Nature Reserve 'Zasavica', Serbia. The study's objective was to analyze the composition of donkey's milk during the lactation period (12th to 30th week of lactation), regardless of the donkey's breed. The investigated donkey milk composition is characterized by a low content of dry matter, protein and fat and a high amount of lactose, compared to the milk of other dairy animals. The study revealed that content of dry matter ranged from 7.20 to 9.52%, fat ranged from 0.10 to 1.00%, protein ranged from 1.17 to 2.07%, lactose ranged from 4.52 to 6.71%, ash ranged from 0.28 to 0.50% and pH ranged from 6.82 to 7.46. Dry matter, fat, and ash content progressively lowered during lactation, with some oscillations. Milk protein and lactose content were not affected during the lactation stage. The pH value increased progressively during lactation with slight oscillations during the 18th and 21st week of lactation. Statistically significant differences between lactation weeks were established only for lactose content and pH values. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-7f1a3625ddb94b5dbb4ea4a1e9817fa7 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1450-9156 2217-7140 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-01-01 |
| publisher | Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry |
| spelling | doaj-art-7f1a3625ddb94b5dbb4ea4a1e9817fa72025-01-08T15:19:49ZengInstitute for Animal Husbandry, BelgradeBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry1450-91562217-71402024-01-0140215516810.2298/BAH2402155Z1450-91562402155QNutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactationŽivkov-Baloš Milica0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4266-1232Popov Nenad1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3102-4334Vidaković-Knežević Suzana2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7711-3917Savić Sara3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7875-9234Gajdov Vladimir4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-8347Jakšić Sandra5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-1797Ljubojević-Pelić Dragana6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7833-7696Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaScientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad", Novi Sad, SerbiaThe Domestic Balkan and Banat donkey (Equus asinus asinus) are native donkey breeds primarily raised in the Special Nature Reserve 'Zasavica', Serbia. The study's objective was to analyze the composition of donkey's milk during the lactation period (12th to 30th week of lactation), regardless of the donkey's breed. The investigated donkey milk composition is characterized by a low content of dry matter, protein and fat and a high amount of lactose, compared to the milk of other dairy animals. The study revealed that content of dry matter ranged from 7.20 to 9.52%, fat ranged from 0.10 to 1.00%, protein ranged from 1.17 to 2.07%, lactose ranged from 4.52 to 6.71%, ash ranged from 0.28 to 0.50% and pH ranged from 6.82 to 7.46. Dry matter, fat, and ash content progressively lowered during lactation, with some oscillations. Milk protein and lactose content were not affected during the lactation stage. The pH value increased progressively during lactation with slight oscillations during the 18th and 21st week of lactation. Statistically significant differences between lactation weeks were established only for lactose content and pH values.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2024/1450-91562402155Q.pdfdonkey milkmilk compositionlactation |
| spellingShingle | Živkov-Baloš Milica Popov Nenad Vidaković-Knežević Suzana Savić Sara Gajdov Vladimir Jakšić Sandra Ljubojević-Pelić Dragana Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry donkey milk milk composition lactation |
| title | Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| title_full | Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| title_short | Nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| title_sort | nutritional quality of donkey milk during the lactation |
| topic | donkey milk milk composition lactation |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2024/1450-91562402155Q.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT zivkovbalosmilica nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT popovnenad nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT vidakovicknezevicsuzana nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT savicsara nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT gajdovvladimir nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT jaksicsandra nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation AT ljubojevicpelicdragana nutritionalqualityofdonkeymilkduringthelactation |