Milk fat globules, as determinants of the nutritional and biological value of goat milk
AbstractThis review summarizes the most complete information on such fundamentally important quality parameters of goat milk as the cellular composition of somatic cells and the structure of cytoplasmic debris in milk. It also focuses on the characterization of an essential component of the energetic value and nutritional content of milk – milk fat globules and milk fat globule membranes. The survey also clarifies some of the terms and meanings of physiological processes associated with the formation of the milk of various ruminants and breast milk.
Keywords:goat milk, somatic cells, cytoplasmic debris, milk fat globule, milk fat globule membrane