Table 1.

Comparison of chemical composition and physical properties of donkey and human milk [24].

	Donkey	Human
pH	7.0–7.2	7.0–7.5
Protein (g/100g)	1.5–1.8	0.9–1.7
Fat (g/100 g)	0.3–1.8	3.5–4.0
Lactose (g/100 g)	5.8–7.4	6.3–7.0
Ash (g/100 g)	0.3–0.5	0.2–0.3
Total solids (g/100 g)	8.8–11.7	11.7–12.9
Caseins (g/100 g)	0.64–1.03	0.32–0.42
Whey proteins (g/100 g)	0.49–0.80	0.68–0.83