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551. Variations in the fat content of human milk during suckling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

W. G. Whittlestone
Affiliation:
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Department of Agriculture, New Zealand
Dawn R. Perrin
Affiliation:
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Department of Agriculture, New Zealand

Extract

It has been shown that human milk, like cow's milk, increases in fat content during suckling. The increase is not associated with any systematic change in fat globule size distribution. Human milk fat globules, like those of the cow, have been shown to cluster at body temperature. These facts support the theory that the increase in fat content during suckling is due to the fine ducts filtering out the larger globule clusters.

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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1954

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