Elk milk - milk produced by moose cow ( lat. Alces alces ). Although moose calves usually feed on milk, there are several places on the planet where moose are milked and milk is collected: Sumarokovo moose farm and TKK Turnaevo moose farm in Russia , Johansson family farm in Sweden and Canada .
Content
- 1 Nutritional Information
- 1.1 Composition
- 1.2 Application
- 2 Agriculture and sale
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Nutritional Value
Composition
- fat - more than 10%
- protein - more than 8%
- amino acids
- threonine
- methionine
- histidine
- serine
- alanine
- aspartic acid [1]
In May, moose calves calve; The lactation period usually passes from July to August. The concentration of nutrients and fat in milk is higher in the first 25 days of lactation, which are considered the peak period; in the remaining days of the lactation period, the concentration of nutrients, fat and mineral elements decreases. [2] However, unlike cow's milk, elk is more fat, less sweet and contains more trace elements such as selenium , zinc , iron and aluminum . [3]
Application
- treatment of stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers
- radiation injuries
- prevention of cytostatic dysbiosis in the treatment of patients with lymphogranulomatosis
The therapeutic effect is primarily due to the high lysozyme activity : 40-65 μg / ml.
Agriculture and Sale
In Russia and Scandinavia, attempts have been made to domesticate and use moose as a dairy animal, however, the complexity of the content makes this economically inexpedient. But nevertheless, at present there are 2 moose farms in Russia: Sumarokovo moose farm in the Kostroma region and Elk farm THK Turnaevo in the Tyumen region . Also in the Kostroma region is the Sanatorium. Ivan Susanin [4] , who has a unique medical base, the only one in Russia where elk milk is used for treatment. Good results of clinical and laboratory analysis were obtained in the treatment of severe blood diseases - leukemia and lymphogranulomatosis - with elk milk. It helps to remove radionuclides from the body.
Some Russian researchers recommend using moose milk for the prevention of gastroenterological diseases in children due to the high lysozyme activity: 40–65 μg / ml [5] .
Elk House Elk House ( Swedish Älgens Hus ) in Sweden appeared thanks to Christer and Ulla Johanson, who believed that they would become the only elk cheese producers in the world. The farm consists of three moose-bringing moose, which yield about 300 kg of cheese per year. Alarmed moose cow's milk becomes small, so sometimes you have to milk it for several hours in silence to get a full 2 liters of milk. [6]
Russian elk researcher Alexander Minaev also tried to make cheese from elk milk, but he said that because of the high protein content, cheese hardens too quickly. [7]
See also
- Milking
Notes
- ↑ Kostroma moose farm
- ↑ Chalyshev A.V., Badlo L.P., Vasilenko T.F., Vityazev D.V., Mongalev N.P. (1990), Milk composition of domesticated moose in the Pechora taiga during lactation (Third International Moose Symposium)
- ↑ Franzmann AB, Flynn A, Arneson PD (April 1976), " Moose milk and hair element levels and relationships, " J. Wildl. Dis. T. 12 (2): 202–7, PMID 933310 , doi : 10.7589 / 0090-3558-12.2.202 , < http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=933310 >
- ↑ Medical and preventive institution sanatorium “named. Ivan Susanin ”(Kostroma region) . June 5, 2013. Rest houses and sanatoriums, Location: Medical institution "Sanatorium named after Ivan Susanin ”is located in central Russia, 350 km from Moscow, 18 km from Kostroma, in an ecologically clean pine forest on the banks of the Poksha River.
- ↑ Dorofeychuk V.G., Kelekeeva M.M., Makarova I.B., Tolkacheva N.I. (1987), "The protective properties of elk milk and the prospects for its use in pediatric gastroenterology ", Nutrition Issues No. 5 : 33–35, PMID 3439068
- ↑ Nobel, Carmen . Moody Moose Make $ 420 Cheese: Big Spender , theStreet.com (July 8, 2009).
- ↑ " Milking the Moose ", National Public Radio , June 28, 2003 , < http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1313736 >
Links
- Älgens Hus (Swedish) / Elk House (Eng.) , Farm Christer and Ulla Johanson.
- Elk milk: an alternative to cow's milk? on YouTube - “ Russia Today ”.