“…While some studies show that cheese yield is higher in cows than goat (Rasheed et al, 2016), our study and others show the opposite (Hamidi et al, 2018;Mallatou & Pappa, 2005). Different factors might produce this interspecific difference, including those related to the milk composition and quality such as genetic variants of casein, fat and protein (Banks et al, 1981;Fenelon & Guinee, 1999;Verdier-Metz et al, 2001), seasonal variations (Sánchez-Gamboa et al, 2018), microbial counts and diversity (Vladimír et al, 2020) and cheese-processing methodology (Lawrence, 1993). In our study, "Bouhezza"-processing methodology and season are the same, however, we found higher fat and protein content in goat compared to cow milk, which probably contributed to the increase in cheese yield (Lucey & Kelly, 1994).…”