A Review on Relative Aspects of Milk Lipids of different Animals

Abstract

Lipids contribute significantly towards nutritional value in milk of various animals. Saturated lipids study provides vital information regarding their role in different medical conditions like atherosclerosis, cancer etc. Due to large number of fatty acids present in milk fat with different structures, it is supposed to be the most complex naturally occurring fat and oil.Different animals can be categorized into two groups -ruminants e.g. cow, buffalo, goat, sheep and camel etc. and non-ruminants like human, pig etc. Milk Lipids of these two groups can be differentiated on quantitative and qualitative basis. Among the ruminants’ buffalo and sheep have higher percentage of milk fat in comparison to cow, goat and camel milk fat. In non-ruminants, pig milk has higher fat content than the human milk. Cow, goat, camel and human milk have comparable fat content.