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Rural Edition
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• Whole cow milk = 3.5 %
butterfat
• Whole pig milk = 8.5%
butterfat.
• Increase butterfat content =
decreased total daily milk
production.
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Milk produced
per kg of body weight
COW=30L per day/600kg
= 0.05L/kg
600 kg
SOW= 6L per day/100kg
= 0.06L/kg!
*note: weights and milk yields used are average values, differ from animal to animal
100kg
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Pig Milk
6%
8%
4%82%
Protein
Fat
Lactose
Water
Cow Milk (whole)
3%3%
5%
89%
Human Milk (whole)
1%
7%
4%
88%
Pig Milk (whole)
Cow Milk (whole) Human Milk (whole)
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In addition to cows, the following animals provide milk
used by humans for dairy products:
N
All of these animals are ruminants except for horses…
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