Influence of diet and age of kids on enzymatic activities of kid rennet pastes

摘要

The influence of diet and age of kid goats was determined on the total clotting activity, content of milk clotting enzymes (chymosin and pepsin) and lipolytic and esterase activities of home-made rennet paste from three different groups of kids. Both chymosin and hpolytic activities were higher in rennet pastes obtained from kids that only suckled milk than in rennets from kids that suckled and ate mixed feed. In the groups that suckled and ate mixed feed, both activities decreased in the older kids. Overall the results show that diet appears to influence the enzymatic pattern present in rennet paste more than age.