Table-4.

Effect of FMD virus on cow milk composition during different stages of pregnancy.

Milk parameters	Stage of pregnancy
	1st stage			2nd stage			3rd stage
	Sero –ve (n = 8)	Sero+ve (n = 8)	p-value	Sero –ve (n = 8)	Sero+ve (n = 8)	p-value	Sero –ve (n = 8)	Sero+ve (n = 8)	p-value
Fat	3.42 ± 0.31	3.13 ± 0.24	0.002	3.53 ± 0.27	3.18 ± 0.21	0.0001	3.61 ± 0.29	3.21 ± 0.19	0.0001
Protein	3.47 ± 0.23	3.13 ± 0.18	0.0001	3.32 ± 0.19	2.94 ± 0.16	0.0001	3.25 ± 0.21	2.87 ± 0.17	0.0001
Lactose	4.82 ± 0.14	4.39 ± 0.13	0.0001	4.65 ± 0.13	4.32 ± 0.16	0.0001	4.74 ± 0.16	4.36 ± 0.12	0.0001
Minerals	0.72 ± 0.07	0.71 ± 0.06	0.059	0.74 ± 0.05	0.72 ± 0.07	0.305	0.74 ± 0.070	0.73 ± 0.09	0.697
pH	6.57 ± 0.12	6.59 ± 0.10	0.570	6.59 ± 0.09	6.60 ± 0.06	0.681	6.61 ± 0.11	6.58 ± 0.08	0.330
Conductivity	4.19 ± 0.03	4.18 ± 0.06	0.509	4.20 ± 0.08	4.19 ± 0.04	0.620	4.21 ± 0.05	4.20 ± 0.06	0.570
SCC (×103)	149.46 ± 7.4	175.54 ± 6.3	0.0001	152.35 ± 4.6	179.64 ± 5.2	0.0001	146.73 ± 5.2	183.14 ± 4.9	0.0001

FMD=Foot-and-mouth disease, SCC=Somatic cell count