Proximate Analysis of Camel Milk Sourced from Kara Market, Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract

The study of proximate analysis on camel milk was conducted with the aim to determine the proximate content of the camel milk. The camel milk was collected at Kara Market located at Sokoto, which was obtained from three different she camels. 200 ml was collected at early morning for three days and was transported to the Department of Biochemistry laboratory at Sokoto State
University, Sokoto. The proximate analysis of camel milk was carried out on moisture, ash, crude lipid, crude protein, crude fiber, and carbohydrate contents. All the samples analyzed were done in triplicates. The mean of triplicates of camel milk sample revealed high (85.83%) moisture after drying and carbohydrate content (9.83%). There was average 0.5% ash, 1.8% fat, 2.03%
protein in camel milk samples. Fiber (0.00 %) content was not observed in camel milk. In view of the results of the proximate analysis on camel milk, the presence of nutritional properties was observed in the camel milk, which it can be absorbed due its nutritional properties.