THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND QUALITY OF MILK EWES DEPENDING OF HERBAL PASTURE BOTANICAL COMPOSITION

Abstract

A study of milk production and biochemical composition of milk ewes Ukrainian hircko-karpatskoyi rocks that held and graze in the foothills and mountainous climatic zones of the Carpathians, natural pastures are essentially different botanical composition of grass. Established that the average yield over the period in ewes foothill area was 0,863 l, and animals in mountain area of Carpathians – 0.911 liters, ie the level of milk production ewes said rocks in the foothills and mountainous areas were not significantly different. However, it is shown that for calorie, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and skimmed milk remaining milk ewes studied rocks kept in mountainous areas significantly superior milk obtained from sheep that graze in terms foothill zone Carpathians. In particular, calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals, skimmed milk residue in the milk of ewes that were held in foothill and mountain areas of the Carpathians were respectively: 816 and 1 118 kcal; 4,10 and 5,48 %; 4,82 and 6,97 %; 4,73 and 5,78 %; 0.78 and 0,98 %; 9,59 and 12,24 %. In addition, milk obtained from ewes mountainous areas over the content lipid and water-soluble vitamins predominant milk animals foothill zone.