Table-5.

Effect of FMD virus on buffalo 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	6.89 ± 0.79	6.22 ± 0.64	0.005	7.58 ± 0.69	7.15 ± 0.42	0.022	7.72 ± 0.71	7.31 ± 0.52	0.044
Protein	3.67 ± 0.17	3.29 ± 0.13	0.0001	3.42 ± 0.19	3.14 ± 0.13	0.0001	3.31 ± 0.15	2.97 ± 0.18	0.0001
Lactose	5.33 ± 0.12	5.14 ± 0.11	0.0001	4.96 ± 0.19	4.37 ± 0.15	0.0001	5.31 ± 0.16	4.95 ± 0.14	0.0001
Minerals	0.71 ± 0.03	0.72 ± 0.07	0.560	0.72 ± 0.03	0.73 ± 0.06	0.509	0.74 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.06	0.538
pH	6.63 ± 0.09	6.61 ± 0.08	0.462	6.63 ± 0.11	6.60 ± 0.12	0.415	6.64 ± 0.13	6.62 ± 0.06	0.535
Conductivity	4.23 ± 0.06	4.22 ± 0.04	0.538	4.25 ± 0.05	4.24 ± 0.03	0.447	4.24 ± 0.02	4.23 ± 0.05	0.411
SCC (×103)	172.32 ± 5.3	193.18 ± 4.6	0.0001	169.46 ± 6.5	187.59 ± 5.1	0.0001	171.36 ± 4.3	195.48 ± 5.4	0.0001

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