Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Milk chemical composition of experimental buffaloes (means ± SE)

From: Effect of Moringa oleifera leaves powder in diets of lactating buffaloes

Item	Experimental groups
Item	R1	R2	R3	R4
Protein	3.21^d ± 0.01	3.46^c ± 0.05	3.61^b ± 0.03	3.78^a ± 0.06
Fat	6.48^c ± 0.04	6.71^bc ± 0.08	6.97^b ± 0.09	7.28^a ± 0.11
Ash	0.75 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.03	0.75 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.02
Total solids	13.93^c ± 0.06	14.13^b ± 0.06	14.39^ab ± 0.08	14.44^a ± 0.08
Solids not fat	7.45^a ± 0.05	7.42^a ± 0.12	7.42^a ± 0.07	7.16^b ± 0.03
Lactose	3.49^a ± 0.04	3.18^b ± 0.13	3.06^c ± 0.08	2.64^d ± 0.08

^a,b,c,dMeans within rows followed by different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)

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