CHAPTER II 



THE NORMAL COMPOSITION OF MILK 





The average composition of cows^ milk as compared with 

 the milk of various other mammals is shown in Table No. X. 

 (Bunge ^). 



Table X 



COMPOSITION OF MAMMALS' MILK 



Ash. 



Human (1) 

 Human (2) 

 Human (3) 



Dog 



Cat 



Rabbit. . . . 

 Guinea pig 



Sow 



Elephant. . 



Horse 



Ass 



Cow 



Goat 



Sheep 



Reindeer. . 

 Camel .... 

 Llama. . . . 



Porpoise. . . 



0.2 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 1.3 

 0.6 

 2.6 



0.8 



0.5 



Apart from the very varying amounts of fat the similarity 

 in the composition of the milk of these various mammals is very 

 remarkable. 



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