Articles | Volume 67, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-37-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-37-2024
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02 Feb 2024
Original study |  | 02 Feb 2024

Physical and chemical properties, hygienic quality and fatty acid profile in milk of lactating Lacaune dairy sheep

Zvonko Antunović, Boro Mioč, Željka Klir Šalavardić, Ivan Širić, Valentino Držaić, Nataša Mikulec, Adela Krivohlavek, and Josip Novoselec

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This paper explains the influence of a sheep's lactation stage on the physical and chemical properties, hygienic quality and fatty acids in milk produced by Lacaune sheep kept in intensive breeding. A significant increase in the content of fat, protein, total dry matter and casein and a significant decrease in the content of lactose in the late stage of lactation were observed. Analysis of fatty acids in milk proved a decrease in C18:2n6, C18:3n6, n6 and n6/n3 ratios during lactation.
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