Effects of Goat Milk Supplementation on Plasma Calcium Contents and Bone Mineral Density in Rats

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate to the effects of goat milk supplementation on plasma calcium contents, bone mineral density and bone mineral content of total femur in rats. Six-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to 3 groups for 10 weeks. The experimental groups were divided 3 groups ; C group (distilled water), M group (cow milk), G group (goat milk). There were no significant differences in body weight gain and plasma calcium contents, BMD, BMC among the groups. These results suggest that reliable goat milk data in not commonly consumed food in Korea for the nutritional information and food composition database.