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Project

Health- promoting effects of mares' milk: sience or fiction? Research for atherosclerotic qualities of mares' milk fat content.
Code
01D37709
Duration
01 October 2009 → 01 September 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Other chemical sciences
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Nutrition and dietetics
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production
    • Food sciences and (bio)technology
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
atherosclerosis fatty acids mares milk
 
Project description
 

The aim of the project is to evaluate the influence of mares' milk fatty acids on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The composition of mares' milk will be analysed during a longitudinal study. Fatty avids will be given special attention since their possible beneficial effects on human health. Health- promothing effects of these components will be evaluated using an animal model.