Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 2
Written by Aurelia COROIAN, Adina Lia LONGODOR, Codruţa MARIŞ, Zamfir MARCHIŞ, Luisa ANDRONIE, Daniel COCAN, Igori BALTA
Currently, the extinction of donkeys (Equus asinus) worldwide is very limited, but donkey milk is recently getting popular in many countries due to its nutritional properties and chemical composition. For this reason, in our country, the farmers are encouraged to keep, to raise and increase the number of donkeys in their farms. Milk and donkey products are niche products, consumed by a small number of people, especially people suffering from various diseases (e.g. food allergies, children to whom breast milk should be substituted with milk similar in composition). Donkey milk brings benefits to consumers due to its chemical composition. Donkey milk storage depend on the chemical composition, antioxidant capacity and the biochemical degradation under heat treatment.
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