Goat's milk and infant feeding.

As goat's milk becomes more popular in Australia, clinicians are being asked about its suitability as an infant feed. The popularity of goat's milk in part comes from unsubstantiated claims that it is less allergenic and more digestible than is cow's milk. Raw goat's milk is used by those who believe that pasteurization is detrimental, although the risks of consuming unpasteurized milk have been well documented and recent reports have warned about the dangers of feeding unmodified goat's milk to infants. If goat's milk is to be fed to infants it should be pasteurized or boiled, diluted to reduce solute load, and then fortified with vitamins. Although these modifications do not produce an ideal milk, they do minimize the risks of using goat's milk as an infant feed.