Vol. 10, Special Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Kiran Attri and Avijit Dey

Abstract:
The study was conducted to examine the effect of composite feed additive on fluctuations in weekly milk production and milk composition in lactating buffaloes. The experiment was carried out in buffalo farm ICAR-CIRB Hisar. Initial milk yield of control and treatment group was 10.78 ± 1.86 and 10.87 ± 1.31 respectively which were comparable between the both groups (p>0.05). The initial milk protein%, milk fat%, lactose% and SNF% were 4.26±0.32 and 4.25±0.25, 6.67±0.73 and 6.86±0.73, 4.51±0.23 and 4.52±0.22, 9.31±0.31 and 9.32±0.16 in control and treatment group. Initial milk yield (kg d^-1) of both the groups were similar (p>0.05).Although there are differences in milk yield (kg d^-1) throughout the study, it was comparable (p>0.05) statistically between control and treatment groups. The weekly milk composition in term of fat (%), solid-not-fat (SNF %), protein (%) and lactose (%) showed no apparent variations (p>0.05) between the groups.