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Protein Fraction
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Camel
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Goat
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Sheep
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Yak
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Donkey
|
Mare
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|---|
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Total casein (g/kg)
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22–48
|
23–38
|
41–66
|
21–40
|
6–10
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8–14
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αs1-Casein (% total)
|
21
|
4.5–34
|
7–40
|
13–32
|
–
|
17–47
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αs2-Casein (% total)
|
9
|
9–25
|
12–23
|
9–18
|
–
|
2
|
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β-Casein (% total)
|
65
|
34–64
|
34–62
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37–51
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–
|
46–79
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κ-Casein (% total)
|
3–5
|
10–19
|
7–23
|
12–21
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–
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2–8
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γ-Casein (% total)
|
–
|
5–6
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–
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–
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–
|
–
|
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Total whey proteins (g/kg)
|
6–10
|
3–12
|
8–16
|
11
|
5–9
|
7–10
|
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α-Lactalbumin (% total WP)
|
45–53
|
17–50
|
13–45
|
7–20
|
23–33
|
17–42
|
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β-Lactoglobulin (% total WP)
|
–
|
34–77
|
28–72
|
50–86
|
30–57
|
17–50
|
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Serum albumin (% total WP)
|
30–41
|
5–22
|
6
|
7–15
|
6–7
|
3–5
|
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Immunoglobulins (g/kg)
|
0.55–0.8
|
0.15–0.5
|
0.5–0.7
|
0.1–0.4
|
1.3
|
0.4–2.5
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Lactoferrin (g/kg)
|
0.2–0.9
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0.02–0.3
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0.7–0.9
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0.2–0.7
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0.3
|
0.6–1.3
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NPN (% total N)
|
6–11
|
7–12
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6–9
|
6
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11–25
|
10–15
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- The table is adapted and modified from (Alichanidis et al. 2016)
