Study of Milk Characteristics in Sheep

Abstract

 In recent years, the linkages between diet and health have received increasing public attention, especially in popular media. Although dairy products, especially fluid milk, have historically enjoyed a widespread perception of being healthy food products. Considerable numbers of studies in Iraq were emphasized on milk quantity rather than quality. Therefore, 80 milk samples (30 ml) under aseptic condition (cleaning, disinfected of udder and deposit first milk drops) were randomly collected from local breed ewes that birth male and female lambs at four times (1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks respectively) during the lactation period. Fat, protein, solids non fat (SNF), milk density, lactose and freezing point were measured by using Eko milk (total ultrasonic milk analyzer, USA). The results indicate that the sex of lamb had no effect on milk contents for ewes.