A research scholar has suggested that ruminants (buffalo, cow) in tropical conditions of Sindh have great potential to enhance nutritional quality by scientifically planned feeding practice as well as by breeding programmes.
A PhD final seminar was held on Thursday at the National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Sindh University Vice Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui presided over the seminar.
Professor Dr Rashida Ali, an eminent food scientist from HEJ Research Institute, also attended the seminar as subject specialist. Professor M. Iqbal Bhanger and Professor Dr M. Y. Khuhawar were the supervisors of the Research Fellow.
Scholar Farah Naz Talpur, read her paper on "Fatty acid composition of ruminant milk, meat and diary products." Her Ph.D. work was based on nutritional quality of milk, meat, and dairy fats in Sindh.
Concluding, she said that fresh pasture/ grass grazing enhanced CLA in milk and consequently in meat and dairy products, so it was recommended for all dairy farmers to encourage grazing in ruminants before maturity stage of pasture, as matured pasture caused reduction in beneficial fat content possibly due to reduction in digestibility.