Research, Policy and Practice
Items (g/100 g milk) | Genotype | Lactation stage | P value | |||||
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Nguni (10) | Boer (10) | Non-descript (10) | Early | Late | G | L | G × L | |
Fat content | 4.30a ± 0.47 | 2.28b ± 0.75 | 4.56a ± 0.55 | 3.79a ± 0.49 | 3.64a ± 0.49 | 0.0484 | 0.9527 | 0.8492 |
Fat-free dry matter content | 9.00a ± 0.52 | 9.26a ± 0.83 | 10.12a ± 0.60 | 9.79a ± 0.54 | 9.13a ± 0.54 | 0.3713 | 0.3924 | 0.9772 |
Moisture content | 86.64a ± 0.75 | 88.44a ± 1.20 | 85.30a ± 0.88 | 86.40a ± 0.79 | 87.22a ± 0.78 | 0.1147 | 0.4623 | 0.9343 |