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Table 3.

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

Breeds	n¹	Length, d	Total milk, kg	Milk yield, kg/d	Milk fat, %	Milk protein, %	Milk lactose, %	Milk totalsolid, %	Energy kcal/kg
Alpine	68	248^a	601^a	2.66^a	3.33^c	3.10^bc	4.53^ab	11.05^c	679
Anglo-Nubian	18	270–305²	592^ab	0.90^de	3.71^bc	3.29^bc	4.23^bc	12.10^bc	716
Boer	8	–	–	1.72^bcd	5.88^a	4.02^a	4.95^a	14.73^a	907
Canaria (Canary)	47	251^a	183^b	0.79^e	3.96^bc	3.72^ab	4.66^ab	12.77^bc	754
Damascus	22	270^a	378^ab	1.88^bc	4.46^b	3.82^ab	3.60^c	12.94^bc	795
La Mancha	4	270–305²	720–800²	2.63³	4.95^ab	3.34^abc	–	13.67^ab	807
Malagueña	20	240–270²	500–700²	1.47^cd	5.49^a	3.40^ab	4.53^ab	13.64^abc	848
Maltese	16	250^a	283^b	2.23³	3.77^bc	3.14^bc	4.60^ab	–	713
Murciana-Granadina	20	231^a	368^ab	1.70^cd	4.59^b	3.48^ab	4.84^a	13.01^bc	788
Nordic	32	250–300²	600–700²	1.92^bc	4.28^b	2.87^c	4.29^abc	11.25^c	736
Saanen	62	250^a	615^a	2.55^ab	3.28^c	2.94^bc	4.28^bc	11.52^c	667
Charmoisée	2	265–290²	645^a	2.55³	3.40^bc	2.84^bc	–	–	671
Toggenburg	10	245^a	424^b	1.82^bcd	3.37^bc	2.96^bc	4.26^bc	13.14^abc	675

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

¹Number of animals.

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

³Calculated from Haenlein (2007) as the reported total milk yield divided by the reported lactation length.