The following is a list of research publications relevant to the composition and use of goat milk and goat milk products for human nutrition and wellbeing.
Composition of goat milk
Composition of the non-protein nitrogen fraction of goat whole milk powder and goat milk-based infant and follow-on formula (2008) International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 59:123-133. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/09637480701425585
Amino acid composition determined using multiple hydrolysis times for three goat milk formulations (2008) International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 59:679-690. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/09637480701705424
Quantification of lactoferrin in milk from New Zealand dairy goats (2008) Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 68:166-169. http://nzsap.org.nz/proc/2008/ab08049.html
Composition of goat and cow milk produced under similar conditions and analyzed by identical methodology (2009) Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 22:322-329. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WJH-4VJ05JV-4&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1050371094&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b2ac13a96580d37b5c2f67b2223d1cb3
Evaluation of goat milk formulas
True ileal amino acid digestibility of goat and cow milk infant formulas (2006) Journal of Dairy Science 89:2408-2413. http://jds.fass.org/cgi/content/full/89/7/2408
Mineral retention in three-week-old piglets fed goat and cow milk infant formulas (2006) Journal of Dairy Science 89:4520-4526. http://jds.fass.org/cgi/content/full/89/12/4520
Randomised, double-blind comparison of growth in infants receiving goat milk formula versus cow milk infant formula (2005) Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 41:564-568. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118739671/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Goat milk and gut health
Reduction in heat-induced gastrointestinal hyperpermeability in rats by bovine colostrum and goat milk powders (2004) Journal of Applied Physiology 96:650-654. http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/96/2/650
Goat milk and mineral absorption
Type of milk consumed can influence plasma concentrations of fatty acids and minerals and body composition in infant and weanling pigs. (1999) Journal of Nutrition 129:132-138. http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/129/1/132
Digestive utilization of goat and cow milk fat in malabsorption syndrome (2001) Journal of Dairy Research 68:451-461. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=87015
Beneficial effect of goat milk on nutritive utilization of iron and copper in malabsorption syndrome (2003) Journal of Dairy Science 85:657-664. http://jds.fass.org/cgi/reprint/85/3/657
Effects of goats' or cows' milks on nutritive utilization of calcium and phosphorus in rats with intestinal resection (2003) British Journal of Nutrition 90:61-67. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1043596&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007114503002447
Study of nutritive utilization of protein and magnesium in rats with resection of the distal small intestine. Beneficial effect of goat milk (2003) Journal of Dairy Science 86:2958-2966. http://jds.fass.org/cgi/content/full/86/9/2958
Dietary goat milk improves iron bioavailability in rats with induced ferropenic anaemia in comparison with cow milk (2006) International Dairy Journal 16:813-821.
http://hera.ugr.es/doi/16518433.pdf
Calcium-enriched goats' milk aids recovery of iron status better than calcium-enriched cows' milk, in rats with nutritional ferropenic anaemia (2008) Journal of Dairy Research 75:153-159. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1872572
Calcium-enriched goat milk, in comparison with similarly enriched cow milk, favours magnesium bioavailability in rats with nutritional ferropenic anaemia (2008) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88:319-327. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/116835960/abstract
Impact of goat milk powdered formulations on mineral absorption, peak bone mass and bone loss due to ovariectomy in rats (2008) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88:1082-1090. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jws/jsfa/2008/00000088/00000006/art00021
Goat milk in human nutrition
Comparative digestibility of goat’s versus cow’s milk fats in children with digestive malnutrition (1993) Lait 73:593-599. http://lait.dairy-journal.org/index.php?option=article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/lait/pdf/1993/05/lait_73_1993_5-6_57.pdf
Goat’s milk as a substitute for cow’s milk in undernourished children: A randomised double-blind clinical trial (1994) Pediatrics 94:65-69. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8008540?ordinalpos=15&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Goat milk in human nutrition (2004) Small Ruminant Research 51:155-163. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TC5-49WMXM1-3&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1050302089&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d5ac583a66f18e9e768ff1341971aa21
Digestion
In vitro studies of the digestion of caprine whey proteins by human gastric and duodenal juice and the effects on selected microorganisms (2006) British Journal of Nutrition 96:562-569. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=928452&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007114506002649
In vitro digestion of bovine and caprine milk by human gastric and duodenal enzymes (2006) International Dairy Journal 16:961-968. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T7C-4JFHF0H-4&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2006&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235055%232006%23999839990%23622894%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5055&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=24&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e7694ebd2889c34eb91ea025b0cd1946
Utilization of nitrogen and energy from diets containing protein and fat derived from either goat milk or cow milk (2009) Journal of Dairy Research 76:497-504. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6330084
Goat milk and milk allergy
Goats’ milk of defective as1-casein genotype decreases intestinal and systematic sensitisation to b-lactoglobulin in guinea pigs (2001) Journal of Dairy Research 68:217-227. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=82315
Use of goat's milk in patients with cow's milk allergy (2003) Anales de Pediatría 59:138-142
http://www.elsevier.es/revistas/ctl_servlet?_f=7064&ip=203.167.192.224&articuloid=13050119&revistaid=37
Formula Nanny in diet therapy of atopic dermatitis in infants (2004) Voprosy Pitaniia 73:32-35. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15685857
