Microbial Profile and Antimicrobial Effect of Donkey Milk against Staphylococcus aureus

In India, donkey milk (DM) is gaining lot of attention for human (children) consumption in view of its medicinal and therapeutic values with special reference to its antimicrobial property. Since ages, donkey milk has been known for its significant medicinal and therapeutic properties (Zhang et al., 2008, Vincenzetti et al., 2008). Some of these properties of DM are in prevention of atherosclerosis (Tafaro et al., 2007), antibacterial (Saric et al., 2012; Tidona et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2008) antiviral (Brumini et al., 2013), antiproliferative and anti-tumor effects (Mao et al., 2009) but majority of its application is by considering it as a alternative to cow/mother milk for children affected with milk allergy. The DM is having higher tolerability, palatability, nutritional adequacy (Iacono et al., 1992; Mansueto et al., 2013; Monti et al., 2007, 2012) Low fat and casein International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 03 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com