Identification of proteins involved in milk production is important to understand the biology of lactation. Many studies have advanced the understanding of mammary function and milk secretion, but the critical molecular mechanisms implicated in milk fat secretion is still incomplete. Milk fat globules are secreted from the apical surface of the mammary cells, surrounded by a thin membrane bilay...

Background: Milk is one of the most nutritious foods providing a variety of proteins, fats, minerals, and vitamins needed to maintain, grow, and develop the body. The aim of this study was to assess microbial and chemical adulterants of raw cow milk collected from dairy farms of Hlabisa villages, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Methods: A total of 68 raw cow milk samples were obtained fr...

The preparation of recombinant proteins of pharmaceutical interest from the milk of transgenic animals is becoming a reality. No protein has reached the market yet but several have been prepared in large quantities not only from laboratory animals but also from ruminants (goat and sheep) and pigs. Rabbit appears more and more to be an intermediate animal well adapted for the preparation of limi...

Cross reactivity between mammalian proteins (cow, goat, ewe, buffalo) has been previously described in both in vitro and in vivo studies. The highest homologies are observed between the milk proteins from cows and other Bovidae, being on average 96.1% for buffalo, 91.1% for ewe, and 87.6% for goat. Lower sequence similarities are associated with proteins contained in milks from Suidae (pigs and...