van der Burg L J, Muller I, Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan M M
Departement Gezondheidszorg Paard, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Yalelaan 114, 3584 C M Utrecht.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2011 Apr 1;136(4):257-61.
The horse milking industry is expanding in The Netherlands and Flanders. Horse milk has become popular due to its (supposed) health-enhancing properties. A horse-milking farm is not a common client for the Dutch veterinarian. When giving advice in this circumstance it should be recognised that these horses are production animals and that their milk is for human consumption. A review of the literature is given together with the results of an extensive enquiry amongst 13 horse-milking farms in The Netherlands and Flanders.
荷兰和佛兰德地区的马奶产业正在扩张。马奶因其(据称)有益健康的特性而受到欢迎。挤马奶农场对荷兰兽医来说并非常见客户。在这种情况下提供建议时,应该认识到这些马是生产用动物,它们的奶供人类食用。本文在回顾文献的同时,还给出了对荷兰和佛兰德地区13个挤马奶农场进行广泛调查的结果。