Table-3.
Selected mineral content of goat, cow, and buffalo milk.
| Types of milk | Parameters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium (mg/100 ml) | Magnesium (mg/100 ml) | Phosphorous (mg/100 ml) | Chloride (%) | |
| Goat | 129.08±9.41a
(117.88-141.46) |
19.94±1.02a
(18.48-21.16) |
98.91±19.89a
(75.85-126.19) |
0.16±0.01a
(0.15-0.17) |
| Cow | 120.24±7.04a
(111.99-129.67) |
12.65±2.84b
(9.73-16.54) |
88.08±7.62a
(78.57-97.64) |
0.13±0.01b
(0.11-0.14) |
| Buffalo | 178.59±6.79b
(167.98-185.66) |
18.29±2.52a
(14.59-21.40) |
109.22±12.16a
(95.22-124.72) |
0.11±0.06c
(0.10-0.12) |
| SEM | 3.50 | 1.01 | 6.33 | 0.003 |
| CD | 10.80 | 3.12 | - | 0.011 |
| Test | * | * | NS | * |
| CV% | 5.49 | 13.37 | 14.34 | 5.880 |
a-c
Values with different letters within a column are significantly different at 5% level of significant (i.e., p<0.05). SEM=Standard error of mean, CD=Critical difference, CV=Coefficient of variance, NS=Not significant