The characteristic of control day milk and its properties in ewes from different breeds in Bulgaria

The aim was the investigation the milk and its composition for control day in local sheep breeds. The experiment was carried out with 19 Karakachan ewes and 21 West Balkan Mountain ewes from the flock of IAS-Kostinbrod and 15 Local Sofia ewes from a private flock from village Klisura. The study is a part of Bulgarian-Greece project for research of F1- crosses of Chios breed. The experimental ewes were mothers of F1 Chios' crosses. The milk for day was recorded on first control during milking period. The content of milk - fats, proteins, non fat solid, dry matter and density were estimated by individual milk samples by analyzer "Ekomilk". The average milk yield for control day of ewes from Karakachan, West Balkan Mountain and Local Sofia breeds was 0,344 l, 0,421 l and 0,633 l respectively. The content of fat, protein and total solids in milk of Karakachan ewes was - 5,91%, 5,19% and 16,42% respectively, of West Balkan Mountain ewes - 6,41%, 5,10% and 16,67% and of Sofia local ewes - 6,35%, 5,94% and 17,57%.