Advances in dairy Research
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Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, United States

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• Research Article   
  Goat Milk as a Healthy Dietary Source and Nutrition for Humanity
  Author(s): George F. W. Haenlein* and Young W. Park
  
  Goat milk constitutes 2.4% of the total world milk production while more than 85% of the total global milk supply comes from cows and these are the most important dairy species for human consumption. Ironically an increasingly large number of people appear to consume goat milk and its products compared to other dairy species on a global scale. Among the developing countries with large population sizes and concomitant high rates of under nutrition and malnutrition, the populations of goats have increased in numbers with relatively higher growth rate than any other domestic dairy species. Therefore, like cow milk, goat milk seems to be an equally important and in fact a healthy alternative source of milk and milk products to meet the emerging challenges of malnutrition among developing countries with rising populations. If intensive management practices are followed.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-888X.24.12.659

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