Abstract

This research work was performed to investigate the proximate composition/ constituents of four dairy cow milk. Moisture, ash, crude protein, crude lipid Lactose, calcium and phosphorous of samples were carefully analyzed.

All constituents with the exception of ash were found to have no significant difference when the individual results were compared using ANOVA (least significance difference).

The Moisture content analyzed (Red Bororo 83.00 + 1.000, Friensian 82.67 + 1.5811, White Fulani 81.67 + 1.5811 and Cross Breed 81.33 + 1.5280) shows no significant differences among the different breeds of cow under investigation while the results of their crude protein analyzed (Red Bororo 5.9 + 0.4062, Friensian 5.7 + 0.4527, White Fulani 5.8 + 0.36205 and Cross Breed 6.4 + 0.2645) shows that cross breed between Friesian and White Fulani has higher amount of crude protein and hence can serve as a very good source of dietary protein which is a source of essential amino acids.

The minerals quantitatively determined Calcium was found to be insignificance (Red Bororo 0.067 + 0.0251, Friensian 0.047 + 0.0212, White Fulani 0.05 + 0.0200 and Cross Breed 0.06 + 0.0100) and phoshosphorus (Red Bororo 8.2 + 0.100, Friensian 8.1 7 + 0.2549, White Fulani 7.73 + 0.2236 and Cross Breed 8.30 + 0.2645) was found to be significant between White Fulani and other breeds.

The ash content which was found to be significant, therefore indicates a variation in the inorganic constituents of the various breed of cow milk.