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The 13 VOCs with relative odor activity value &amp;gt;1 were the major characteristic flavor compounds of donkey milk, mainly thiocyanic acid methyl ester, acetic acid ethyl ester, and hexanal. The VOCs in the milk from donkeys fed with corn straw (G1), wheat hulls (G2), or wheat straw (G3) were well differentiated using two-dimensional, difference, three dimensional spectra, and fingerprint gallery plots. 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