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278. Studies on ass's milk: Composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

C. P. Anantakrishnan
C. P. Anantakrishnan
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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The total solids of samples of ass's milk ranged from 7·80 to 9·10, the solids-not-fat from 7·14 to 8·50, and the fat from 0·54 to 0·71%.

The nitrogen distribution in ass's milk is: casein 39·5, albumin 35·0, globulin 2·7 and non-protein nitrogen 22·8% of the total nitrogen. Ass's milk contains: casein 0·70, albumin 0·62 and globulin 0·07%. The total protein content is 1·39%. Ass's milk is therefore characterized by a low casein, a low globulin and a high albumin content.

The non-protein nitrogen consists of amino nitrogen 8·1, urea nitrogen 24·3 and uric acid 0·7 mg./100 ml. of milk. The urea content is twice that present in cow's milk.

The mean chloride and lactose contents of the milk samples are 0·037 and 6·1% respectively.

The average calcium and phosphorus content of ass's milk are 0·081 and 0·059% respectively. Half the calcium is ionic, and half is in colloidal form.

The phosphorus distribution is: total acid soluble 84·0, acid soluble organic 38·5, easily hydrolysable ester 27·4, inorganic 46·0, and colloidal inorganic 23·0 % of the total phosphorus. The ratio of CaO: P2O5 is 1:1. 46 % of the total phosphorus is in ester form; this is high when compared with only 12 % in cow's milk; most of the phosphoric ester forms soluble barium salts, which is a distinguishing feature of ass's milk.

The total sulphur content is 15·8 mg./100 ml.

The fat has a penetrating odour and is coloured orange-yellow. It has an iodine value of about 86, which is much higher than that for human milk fat. The Reichert (9·5) and Kirschner values (5·7) are low.

In general, the composition of ass's milk resembles that of human rather than of cow's milk.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 1941 , pp. 119 - 130
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1941

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