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Article: Off-flavor goat milk: is it genetic?(dairy goats)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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I have a few questions I'd like to toss out for other countrysiders to consider.
1. Is there a genetic defect that causes "goaty flavored" milk?
Until 19861 owned a small herd of Nubians that gave adequate quantities (average one gallon daily during lactation) of wonderful, creamy milk that would stay sweet in the refrigerator up to a week, without pasteurization, if we could keep it that long.
However, I also had an Alpine and an American Nubian (Alpine cross) that had "goaty" tasting milk.
All the does had access to the same wonderful smelling alfalfa, great smelling (although I can't personally vouch for the taste) dairy mix sweet feed ...