What is it about?
Mare milk’s composition may have a positive influence on human’s health. It has a composition similar to human milk and is better digested so it is a perfect alternative for cow milk.
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Why is it important?
The effect of the stage of lactation, the number of foals and age of the mare on changes in the fat content and fatty acid composition of colostrum and milk of primitive Konik horses was investigated. Milk produced by mares of the Konik breed is characterized by a considerable content of polyene fatty acids with 18 carbon atoms, a low ratio of n-6 fatty acids to n-3 fatty acids as well as low, highly advantageous values of atherogenic and thrombogenic indices.
Perspectives
Due to its lower content of fat and cholesterol it can be used to lower cholesterol level as well as to counter and cure cardiovascular diseases. Mare milk has been proved to play a role in curing Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, as well as hepatitis and chronic gastric ulcers. The qualities of mare milk make it appropriate to be used in children’s and elderly people’s nutrition in prophylaxis and as an aid to the process of curing various diseases.
Professor Jacek Wójtowski
University of Life Sciences Poznan
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This page is a summary of: Fat and cholesterol content and fatty acid composition of mares' colostrums and milk during five lactation months, Livestock Science, February 2008, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.06.005.
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