EFFECT OF SUBSTITUTING FEATHER OR OFFAL MEALS FOR COTTON SEED CAKE INBUFFALOS DIETS ON THE YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF MILK AND THE RESULTANTDOMIATI CHEESE

Nine lactating buffaloes during early lactation were divided into 3 gr oups using 3 x 3 Latin square design. Animals fed diets consisted of b erseem hay (BH) and concentrates (30:70). The 3 experimental concentra tes used were: (1) concentrate feed mixture (CFM), (2) Feather meal mi xture (FM), (3) Offal meal mixture (OM). Pooled milks, each period, we re collected for analysis and manufacturing Domiati cheese. Cheese sam ples were stored at room temperature for 3 months. Production of milk, 4% fat-corrected-milk and milk composition were not altered (P>0.05) by treatments or lactation period, except fat and ash contents (P<0.05 ). FM and OM diets altered milk and cheese amino acids (P>0.05). Organ oleptic properties for cheese, yield and composition of cheese were si milar for the 3 groups except fat. Storage period significantly affect ed organoleptic properties (P<0.05) except colour, and, also, affected cheese composition (P<0.01).