MONITORING OF PROTEIN NUTRITION BY MILK UREA NITROGEN AND MILK PROTEIN IN ANATOLIAN BUFFALOES

Selçuk Z.

BUFFALO BULLETIN, vol.35, no.4, pp.563-571, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Journal Name: BUFFALO BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.563-571
  • Keywords: Anatolian buffalo, milk urea concentration, milk composition, protein nutrition, CRUDE PROTEIN, YIELD, RESPONSES, LEVEL
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

There is an increasing trend in milk urea concentration has been used as an indicator for monitoring protein nutrition in ruminants because of linear relationship between milk urea concentration and dietary crude protein level. Milk urea analysis is easy to monitor and can be performed on buffaloes and has some advantageous under field conditions for estimating protein nutrition status of buffaloes. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of nutrition status on milk urea concentration and milk protein content, and to monitor protein nutrition by determining milk urea nitrogen concentration and milk protein in Anatolian buffaloes. Ten lactating (in the 3rd lactation and 15+/-3 days in milk) Anatolian buffaloes having approximately accordant live body weights were used in this study.