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Table 2.

Lactation length and milk yield and composition for selected breeds of sheep

Breeds	n¹	Length, d	Total milk, kg	Milk yield, kg/d	Milk fat, %	Milk protein, %	Milk lactose, %	Milk total solid, %	Energy, Kcal/kg
Awassi	43	120–300²	130–550²	1.11^ab	5.87^a	5.44^a	5.09^a	16.2^a	983
Chios	36	170–250²	135–300²	1.46^ab	6.40^a	5.55^a	4.81^a	15.7^a	1036
Comisana	23	182³	112^b	0.83^b	6.96^a	5.77^a	4.87^a	–	1094
Dorset	43	–	99^b	1.12^ab	8.41^a	5.16^a	4.85^a	19.4^a	1201
East Friesian	21	300–365²	500–900²	1.16^ab	5.95^a	5.22^a	4.75^a	16.9^a	983
Fat Tailed	11	–	161^b	0.84^ab	5.26^a	5.15^a	5.40^a	17.6^a	918
Finn-Sheep	5	–	–	1.36^ab	8.05^a	4.96^a	5.40^a	16.8^a	1161
Karagouniki	15	160–175²	147^b	0.96^ab	6.85^a	5.53^a	4.85^a	19.4^a	1075
Lacaune	28	160–170²	434^a	1.65^a	6.67^a	4.72^a	4.65^a	–	1028
Manchega	16	150–270²	80–250²	0.89^ab	7.05^a	5.81^a	4.86^a	17.5^a	1103
Merino	41	–	–	1.23^ab	8.21^a	5.59^a	5.37^a	19.7^a	1199
Sarda	27	168³	116^b	1.36^ab	6.11^a	5.22^a	4.79^a	17.9^a	997
Tsigai	31	162⁴	–	0.62^b	7.73^a	5.99^a	4.99²	18.8²	1171

^a,bWithin a column, superscripts of different letters differ at P < 0.05.

¹Number of animals.

²Adapted from Haenlein and Wendorff (2008). Ranges reflect the minimum and maximum across different countries.