Modern Use of Donkeys

Subject Areas : Camel

D. Karatosidi ¹ , G. Marsico ² , S. Tarricone ³

1 - Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy
2 - Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy
3 - Department of Animal Production, University of Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy

Received: 2012-02-20 Accepted : 2012-03-08 Published : 2013-03-01

Keywords:

References:

Anantakrishnan C.P. (1941). Studies on ass’s milk composition. J. Dairy Res. 12, 119-130.
Businco L., Giampietro P.G., Lucenti P., Lucaroni F., Pini C., Di Felice G., Iacovacci P., Curardi C. and Orlandi M. (2000). Allergenicity of mare’s milk in children with cow’s milk allergy. J. Allergy. Clin. Immun. 105(5), 1031-1034.
Guo H.Y., Pang K., Zhang X.Y., Zhao L., Chen S.W., Dong M.L. and Ren F.Z. (2007). Composition, physiochemical properties, nitrogen fraction distribution and amino acid profile of donkey milk, J. Dairy Sci. 90, 1635-1643.
Italian National Institute for Statistic (ISTAT). (2010). Available online at: http://www.istat.it/it/.Accessed Sep. 2011.
Milonis E. (2010). Attività di mediazione con l’asino. Print by: Fondazione Iniziative Zooprofilatiche e Zootechniche, Brescia, Italy, (in Italian).
National Consortium of Donkey Breeders. (2010). Available online at: http://www.allevasini.it/allevasini/home.do.Accessed Feb. 2011.
Pinto F., Marsico G., Alba V., Schiavone M. and Gnoni G.N. (2002). Impiego di acidi grassi omega 3 nell’alimentazione di puledri all’ingrasso. Pp. 123-130 in Proc. IV Congress on Nuove Acquisizioni in Materia di Ippologia. Campobasso, (in Italian).
Pinto F., Schiavone M. and Marsico G. (2007). Effects of dietary ω-3 fatty acids content on productive performances and meat quality of Martina Franca donkey foals. Prog. Nutr. 9, 29-38.
Pinto F. and Bruno D. (2009). Il latte di asina: il sostituto ideale del latte materno. Tutto Sanità, XVII (101), 39-43 (in Italian).
Polidori P., Vincenzetti S., Cavallucci C. and Beghelli D. (2008). Quality of donkey meat and carcass characteristics. Meat Sci. 80, 1222-1224.
Reddy B.S. (1995). Nutritional factors and colon cancer. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 35, 175-190.
Tafaro A., Magrone T., Jirillo F., Martemucci G., D’alessandro A.G., Amati L. and Jirillo E. (2007). Immunological properties of donkey’s milk: Its potential use in the prevention of atherosclerosis. Curr. Pharm. Des. 13, 3711-3717.