Table 4.
Mean values for added water, protein, SNF and lactose in different seasons across all three districts.
| Milk Component | Season District | Winter | Spring | Summer | Monsoon | Autumn | SED | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Added Water % | Okara | 17.54 | 20.19 | 17.39 | 22.59 | 20.52 | 2.756 | 0.037 |
| Pakpattan | 18.26 | 16.16 | 15.82 | 27.21 | 15.10 | |||
| Kasur | 23.27 | 24.91 | 22.56 | 29.37 | 22.93 | |||
| Lactose % | Okara | 3.734 | 3.516 | 3.753 | 3.503 | 3.485 | 0.1348 | 0.019 |
| Pakpattan | 3.655 | 3.721 | 3.716 | 3.254 | 3.745 | |||
| Kasur | 3.412 | 3.350 | 3.355 | 3.124 | 3.392 | |||
| Protein % | Okara | 2.659 | 2.519 | 2.667 | 2.509 | 2.494 | 0.0940 | 0.015 |
| Pakpattan | 2.593 | 2.642 | 2.638 | 2.313 | 2.655 | |||
| Kasur | 2.428 | 2.377 | 2.376 | 2.232 | 2.422 | |||
| SNF % | Okara | 7.072 | 6.673 | 7.100 | 6.631 | 6.612 | 0.2528 | 0.018 |
| Pakpattan | 6.919 | 7.045 | 7.037 | 6.157 | 7.094 | |||
| Kasur | 6.468 | 6.344 | 6.347 | 5.925 | 6.434 |
Mean concentrations (ppb) for AFM1 at different levels of informal milk marketing chains, in various seasons of the year and in three different districts (i.e., Okara, Kasur and Pakpattan) have been given below in Table 5.