Stupid Goat Question

[SterlingAcres]

I personally would not pasteurize it, I was just asking for arguments sake, since the child is not mine.

Thank you MP

 

[kstaven]

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This is the reason commercial milk is required to be pasteurized. Yes, it does make the milk harder to digest. But the number of childhood deaths due to diphtheria took a dramatic drop when the regulations went into effect in the early 20th century. Ditto TB in the general population. Because these diseases are now under such good control, we can individually ignore the pasteurization process with our own home-raised milk without much concern. But it wasn't always like that. At the time they were instituted, those regulations saved a LOT of lives.

Just thought you'd like to know why commercial milk is still pasteurized.

As far as you went that is correct. The disease spread was caused by the filthy conditions of the dairies during that period of history and people working in the dairies that where sick and contaminating the product. That is well documented. So yes pasteurization was a very effective bandaid at the time.

You also need to consider that milk was not refrigerated in those days and often transported for extended distance, which allowed for the growth of whatever happened to be infecting the milk.

 

[Skyesrocket]

I keep dairy goats because I am lactose intolerant. I don't have any problem drinking goats milk, but pasturized cows milk makes me sick.
This is an Amish community here and many Amish kids are raised on goats milk.
Sanitation is very important, especially with a young child. Maybe you can get and milk your own goat?