Composition of different species of milk 

 

Species
Percentage of Composition

Water

Fat

Protein

Lactose

Ash

Ass

90.0

1.3

1.7

6.5

0.5

Buffalo

84.2

6.6

3.9

5.2

0.8

Camel

86.5

3.1

4.0

5.6

0.8

Cat

84.6

3.8

9.1

4.9

0.6

Cow

86.6

4.6

3.4

4.9

0.7

Dog

75.4

9.6

11.2

3.1

0.7

Elephant

67.8

19.6

3.1

8.8

0.7

Ewe

79.4

8.6

6.7

4.3

1.0

Goat

86.5

4.5

3.5

4.7

0.8

Guinea pig

82.2

5.5

8.5

2.9

0.9

Human

87.7

3.6

1.8

6.8

0.1

Llama

86.5

3.2

3.9

5.6

0.8

Mare

89.1

1.6

2.7

6.1

0.5

Porpoise

41.1

45.8

11.2

1.3

0.6

Reindeer

68.2

17.1

10.4

2.3

1.5

Sow

89.6

4.8

1.3

3.4

0.9

Whale

70.1

19.6

9.5

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Chemical composition of milk of different breeds of cows

 

Species
Percentage of Composition

Water

Fat

Protein

Lactose

Ash

Cow      Holstein

87.74

3.40

3.22

4.87

0.68

            Shorthorn

87.19

3.94

3.32

4.99

0.70

            Ayreshire

87.10

4.00

3.58

4.67

0.68

            Brown Swiss

86.59

4.01

3.61

5.04

0.73

            Guernsey

85.39

4.95

3.91

4.93

0.74

            Jersey

85.09

5.37

3.92

4.93

0.71

            Sindhi

86.07

4.90

3.42

4.91

0.70

            Gir

86.44

4.73

3.32

4.85

0.66

            Tharparkar

86.58

4.55

3.36

4.83

0.68

            Sahiwal

86.42

4.55

3.33

5.04

0.66

Buffalo  Murrah

83.63

6.56

3.88

5.23

0.70