Availability
of accurate analytical methods is of primary importance
when investigating variation of buffalo milk constituents and might
be of interest for breeding programs aiming at altering milk protein
composition or the frequency of specific protein genetic variants.
This is particularly true when considering that genetic variants of
milk proteins have been identified also in buffalo and that
these variants may affect protein composition and technological
properties of buffalo milk. Hence, development of analytical methods
ensuring the quantification of protein composition and the
identification of casein genetic variants is of particular interest for
scientific research and the dairy industry. In this study, the RP-HPLC
method developed for simultaneous qualitative and quantitative
analysis of the most common genetic variants of bovine caseins
and whey proteins, was adjusted to the analysis of buffalo milk,
using purified buffalo proteins in the calibration procedur