Constituents of A comparative Study on Components of Camel and Cow milk

Abstract

This research was conducted to compare between the average percentages of the components of camel and cow milk and also to study any possible variation if it exists . Thirty samples of camel milk were collected randomly from different farms , while the cow milk sample, which represents the control sample originated from the dairy farm of Khartoum University . The samples are then subjected to laborotary analysis for determining the percentages of the water , fat , protein , lactose and ash content . The average percentage of water content was ( 87.4 ± 1.45%) and ( 87.8 %) for camel and cow milk respectively . The obtained result indicated a high water content in samples of the cow milk . The statistical analysis showed no significant differences between the average % of camel and cow milk . For fat average % (4 ± 0.877%) was obtained for camel milk and ( 3.9 % ) for cow milk , which means there is a slight high fat content in camel milk , where by the statistical analysis indicated no significant variation between the average % of both milk samples . The average % of the protein content was ( 2.9 ) and ( 2.97 ± 0.457%) for cow and camel milk respectively , which was v 8 almost similar and the statistical analysis gave no significant variation. For lactose the average percentage obtained was ( 5.1 ± 1.303%) for camel milk and ( 4.7% ) for cow milk . Thus the concentration of lactose content in camel milk is high than that of cow milk . The statistical analysis showed a very high significant variation between the average % of both milks . Results obtained for the average % of ash was (0.41±0.1) and 0.7% for camel and cow milk respectively. Hence the ash content in cow milk is high than that of camel milk . The statistical analysis showed very high significant variation between the averages of camel and cow milk ash . The variation in the contents of some components may be related to many factors such as species, , feeding and drinking water and other environmental factors . Finally certain recommendation are given in this aspect.