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Table 3 The percentage share of different cost components associated with the cost of production of 1 L of buffalo milk in different buffalo production systems in Sri Lanka

From: Traditional Sri Lankan fermented buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) milk gel (Meekiri): technology, microbiology and quality characteristics

Locality

Ratnapura (wet zone) [59]

Bingiriya, Pannala and Kuliyapitiya (coconut triangle) [20]

Seethawakapura (peri-urban) [25]

Labour cost

44%

15%

35.33%

Feeding cost

41.7%

47%

46.61%

Depreciation of initial investment

3.1%

NA

7.85%

Cost of veterinary services

3.2%

3%

10.2

Costs of death and losses

4.9%

NA

NA

Breeding and miscellaneous costs

3.0%

38%a

NA

  1. NA not available
  2. aCosts of housing, equipment, services, insurance, transport and animals