Table 1.
Mean values, standard deviation, and analysis of variance (season) of physicochemical parameters, somatic cell count and total bacterial count of raw goat’s milk.
| * Season | ** TS (g/100 mL) |
Fat (g/100 mL) |
Proteins (g/100 mL) |
Fat/Proteins | Lactose (g/100 mL) |
** SCC (Log10/mL) |
** TBC (Log10 cfu/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 13.8 ±0.06 a | 4.84 ±0.09 a | 3.51 ± 0.07 a | 1.38 ± 0.04 a | 4.75 ± 0.03 a | 6.02 ± 0.06 | 4.37 ± 0.22 |
| S2 | 12.7 ± 0.04 b | 4.08 ±0.09 b | 3.31 ± 0.04 b | 1.23 ± 0.03 b | 4.59 ± 0.02 b | 6.01 ±0.04 | 4.28 ± 0.19 |
| S3 | 13.0 ± 0.11 c | 4.26 ±0.18 c | 3.43 ± 0.09 c | 1.24 ± 0.03 b | 4.67 ± 0.05 c | 6.03 ± 0.04 | 4.48 ±0.16 |
| F p |
91.3 <0.001 |
149.8 <0.001 |
29.1 <0.001 |
82.0 <0.001 |
76.8 <0.001 |
ns |
ns |
Values followed by the same letter within the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05) according to Tukey’s multiple range test. * S1: spring; S2; summer; S3: fall. ** TS (total solids); SCC (somatic cell count); TBC (total bacterial count).