Nonhuman milk

Oftedal, O.T., Iverson, S.J. 1995. Comparative analysis of nonhuman milks. A. Phylogenetic variation in the gross composition of milks. In Handbook of Milk Composition (R.G. Jensen, ed.), pp. 749-789, Academic Press, San Diego. 

The limitations of using nonhuman-mammalian milks as substitutes became clear. As early as 1545, people were concerned with the feeding of animal milks to babies. The Boke of Chyldren stated that If children be fed the milk of sheep, then their hair will be soft as that of a lamb, but if they be fed the milk of the goat, the hair will be coarse (Phaire, 1955, P. 18). There are, of course, far greater concerns about feeding animal milk to infants, such as folate deficiency (goat milk) and early onset hypocalcemic seizures and azotemia (cow milk). 

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