Accurate and precise milk recording is one of the most important moments for a successful selection of milking goats. In this context, breeders are constantly making efforts to find the most suitable and cheapest methods for conducting of tests for milk production. The goal of this research was to compare the A4 method (as referent method) with AC method (as alternative method), for determination of milk production, on the day of recording of the indigenous Balkan goat, in the period of 2014-2016 with milking of goats in the morning and evening. It was determined that the difference between the predicted daily milk yield with one milking (in the morning or evening) and the measured milk yield using the A4 method is too low and almost negligible. With the analysis of all factors (year, lactation and number of milk tests), it was determined that the prediction of total daily milk yield, based on the evening milking, provides more accurate result, in relation to the prediction during morning milking, in cases when using the AC method.
Investigation of some production traits in two production years (2005, 2006) 48 lambs). Almost all the examined factors (year, lactation, number of milk control) highly influence (P<0.001) the daily milk production, with the exception of the year, which influences with a considerable importance (P<0.05) the evening milk. In regard to the milk fat, statistically highly significant (P<0,001) influence was established only of the number of sequence and the month of the milk control, while all the rest fixed factors (year, lactation, number of lambs) didn't influence significantly (P>0,05) this component of milk. Except of the fats, all the examined factors influenced statistically highly significantly (P<0,001) proteins in the milk, with an exception of the number of lambs, which did not influence considerably (P>0,05) this component.
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