VARIACIÓN BROMATOLÓGICA DE LA LECHE DE CABRAS LAMANCHA ALIMENTADAS CON DIFERENTES FORRAJES.

The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of three forages: black sorghum (Sorghum almum), mulberry (Morus alba), and African star grass (Cynodom nlemfuensis), on the quantity and quality of goat milk. The experiment was carry out at the Alfredo Volio Mata Experiment Station of the University of Costa Rica located at 1542 masl, during the last trimester of 2007 on three groups of Lamancha goats. A repeated Latin square model was used. The highest milk yield was obtained when animals consumed African star grass (1.06 kg of milk/animal/day) (p<0.01) followed by Mulberry (0.89 kg of milk/animal/day) and Black sorghum (0.73 kg of milk/animal/ day); nevertheless, fat percentage, protein, casein, total solids and non fatty solids were improved when goats were fed with mulberry (p<0.01), and the lowest parameters were obtained with African star grass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]