Fresh Goat's Milk for Infants: Myths and Realities—A Review

Basnet, Sangita; Schneider, Michael; Gazit, Avihu Z.; Mander, Gurpreet; Doctor, Allan

doi:10.1542/peds.2009-1906

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“…Commercial sale and/or distribution of raw milk varies among different countries. Nevertheless, unpasteurized dairy products have gained popularity by consumers who say raw milk strengthens the immune system and provides other health benefits, although it is proven that raw goat's milk is a vehicle for pathogen transmission [43]. Toxoplasmosis transmission by unpasteurized milk can represent a significant means of contamination by this agent [44, 45].…”

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Seroprevalence, Detection of DNA in Blood and Milk, and Genotyping ofToxoplasma gondiiin a Goat Population in Italy

Mancianti

Nardoni

D’Ascenzi

et al. 2013

BioMed Research International

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Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of a major zoonosis with cosmopolitan distribution and is known to be transmitted mainly by the ingestion of undercooked or raw animal products. Drinking unpasteurized goat's milk is a risk factor associated with human toxoplasmosis. However, very little is known about the excretion of DNA in goat milk. Aim of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection using a modified agglutination test (MAT), to detect T. gondii DNA by nested-PCR (n-PCR) in samples of blood and milk from seropositive goats, and to genotype DNA isolates using 11 molecular markers in 127 adult lactating goats from 6 farms in Italy. Positive MAT results were found in 60.6% of goats while 13% of blood and milk samples from seropositive goats were positive to n-PCR. A kappa coefficient of 1 indicated a perfect agreement between blood and milk n-PCR. Genetic characterization of isolates revealed the occurrence of genotype III (n = 7), genotype I (n = 1), and atypical genotypes with hints for genotype I (n = 2). Our results suggest that the risk of excretion of Toxoplasma tachyzoites might frequently occur in milk of seropositive goats testing positive to n-PCR on blood.

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Seroprevalence, Detection of DNA in Blood and Milk, and Genotyping ofToxoplasma gondiiin a Goat Population in Italy

Mancianti

Nardoni

D’Ascenzi

et al. 2013

BioMed Research International

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“…Case reports have been published on infants who were fed homemade goat milk formulas and then were diagnosed with megaloblastic anemia caused by folate and or vitamin B 12 deficiency (Ziegler et al, 2005). Basnet et al (2010) reported a case where an infant was exclusively fed goat milk, which led to azotemia (abnormally high levels of nitrogen compounds in the blood), hypernatremia (electrolyte imbalance caused by elevated sodium levels) and hemorrhages in the brain. This was caused by the high levels of sodium in goat milk compared to human milk.…”

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Composition, nutritional and therapeutic values of goat milk: A review

Yadav

Singh

Yadav

2016

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Goat is one of the main contributors of milk and meat products. Goat milk is different from cow and human milk in composition, nutritional and therapeutic attributes. The compositional differences are of significance in indicating the technological suitability for goat milk processing and its products. The differences in composition of cow milk and goat milk may result into the products with different sensory characteristics, nutritional and therapeutic values. Goat milk contains higher amount of Ca, Mg and P than cow and human milk but vitamin D, vitamin B 12 and folate contents are less. Goat milk is recommended for infants, old and convalescent people. Three fatty acids viz., caproic, caprylic and capric have great medicinal values for patients suffering from a variety of ailments. Further, it is worthwhile to compare the milk of goats with that of cows and note benefits or limitations which may result from differences found. Goat milk products other than cheese and pasteurized milk are considered to be the diary products with greatest marketing potential. Therefore, several characteristic of goat milk are currently the focus of increased research interest. Fermented goat milk incorporating live probiotic cells represent a group of products with great prospects in the future with regard to their nutritive and therapeutic properties.

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“…A renal tubular acidosis was initially part of their differential diagnosis [2]. In addition, a 5-month-old boy fed with raw goat's milk since the age of approximately 4 months developed intracranial infarctions in the setting of severe hypernatremia and azotemia; the patient had increased anion gap metabolic acidosis [3]. Finally, two cases of undiluted goat's milk consumption mimicking metabolic diseases have been reported.…”

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“…Goat's milk contains between 3.56 g of protein and 50 mg of sodium per 100 mL (22 mmol/L), which is approximately three times that of human milk (1.03 g and 17 mg per 100 mL) [3]. There is also 242 mg of potassium (62 mmol/L) and 202 mg of chloride (57 mmol/L) per 100 mL [1].…”

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confidence: 99%