Seasonal Variation in Milk Fat Content in Cow Milk: A Case Study from Anakapalli District, Andhra Pradesh, India

In Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, Visakha dairy milk producer company limited have milk collecting centres in all villages of the district, they were selected randomly, and data (n = 996) collected at the Anakapalli  during the year 2023-2024 were used for this study. The mean milk fat percentage was generally higher in the evening milk compared to the morning milk. The pooled overall mean fat percentage was found to be 4.42 per cent. Yellamanchili district  recorded the significantly highest milk fat percentage both in morning and evening, followed by Narsipatnam and Chodavaram district. Maximum mean fat percentage (4.00%) was observed during the winter , followed by monsoon season i.e. south west monsoon season (3.86%) and summer season (3.49%). The least mean fat percentage was recorded during summer (3.49%).