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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">Milk production represents a relevant quota of the energy consumption of the dairy ewe. Studies on relationships among<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">level of production, milk composition and metabolic aspects are the first fundamental step in the development of a feed-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">ing system aimed at satisfying nutritive requirements of the animals. This paper reviews the knowledge about the milk<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">composition of main Italian dairy sheep breeds, the relationship among secretion kinetics of milk and protein and pro-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">ductive level of animals, the algorithms used for estimating fat (6.5%) and protein (5.8%) corrected milk yield, the<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">evolution over time of milk production during lactation and the relationships between feeding and milk composition.<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div>