Effect of parity on milk composition traits of kosali cows

The present study was conducted to determine the milk composition and to observe the effect of parity on milk constituent traits and test day milk yield of a newly registered breed, Kosali cow of Chhattisgarh. The study was conducted from January 2014 to July 2014 with 450 milk samples from 76 Kosali cows. The overall least square means obtained for fat, solid not fat, total solids, protein and lactose percentage were 4.385±0.095, 8.229±0.037, 12.614±0.107, 2.975±0.013, and 4.469±0.021 percent, respectively. The overall mean for test day milk yield of Kosali cow was 1.271±0.041 kg/day. Parity significantly affected all the major milk constituents and test day milk yield of Kosali cows.