on Rich Milk Can Help Pigs and People
People have more thing*
in common with pigs than
they might like to admit. One
of them is an increasing
incidence of iron-deficiency
anemia among the very
young.
Agricultural researchers
attribute the problem in pigs
to the increasing utilization
of dirt-free confinement
systems used in modem
swine production. There is
evidence of a similar
parallel for humans.
Unfortunately, iron and
vitamins C and D are among
the few nutrients not sup
plied naturally by milk. So
milk-fed babies among both
humans and pigs can suffer
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from Iron-deficiency
anemia, especially if they
exhibit a rapid growth rate.
The vitamin C deficiency
in milk for humans can be
easily overcome with fruit
Juices, and the relative lack
of vitamin D has been
remedied by the general use
of vitamin D-fortlfied milk.
But a solution for the iron
deficiency problem has been
more difficult.
Iron shots and pills are not
popular with young children.
And fortifying milk with iron
seemed to have a
deteriorating effect on the
milk lipids, or fats. Fur
thermore, iron-fortified milk
just didn’t taste good.
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MARVIN HORST
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But two College of
Agriculture food science
research workers at the
University of Maryland in
College Park have changed
all that with a compound
called ferric ammonium
citrate.
Dr. Raymond L. King, food
science coordinator, and a
graduate student, Chin F.
Wang, used baby pigs as
their experimental models
because they wanted an
animal which had a digestive
system similar to that of
humans. Wang obtained his
Ph.D degree in food science
in 1972, partly on the basis of
that research, and he is now
working at Ross
Laboratories in Columbus,
Ohio.
The University of
Maryland study concluded
that about one-half pint of
Leaders
To York
Mrs. Jean Roth and Mrs.
James Welsh were elected as
Adult Advisors at the recent
York County 4-H Council
meeting. -
4-Her’s from York County
Nebraska visited Penna.
York County 4-H May 31
while returning from
Washington D.C. to
Nebraska, it was reported.
Upcoming dates are
Chicken Bar-B-Q, June 21;
County Demonstration and
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milk fortified with ferric
ammonium citrate would
provide the average dally
iron requirement for most
people.
Dr. Wang and Dr. King
further tested their results
by offering taste-panel
persons an opportunity to
determine If they could
differentiate between the
iron-fortified milk and
normal milk. It appears that
one was as acceptable as the
other.
Although the research was
done four years ago, iron
fortified milk still is not
available to consumers, as
far as Dr. King knows. One
reason may be that iron
deficiency anemia is not
receiving the emphasis in
medical circles that it did a
few years ago.
Elected
Council
Public Speaking Days, June
27-26; County 4-H Olympics,
July 14; Pa. Leadership
Days, June 23-26; County 4-H
Family Picnic, July 20;
County Day Camp, July 24;
and County Council Con
vention, August 25.
The Council decided to
collect Betty Crocker
coupons to purchase
stainless steel silverware for
the York County 4-H Center.
Provided enough stamps are
collected, Mr. John Smith
will pay the monetary
balance for the silverware.
Bryon Wilt presented a
very interesting and in
formative Karate program
focused on self defense on
the street.
BILL TO BILL
First Pelican ‘ Pretty good fish
vou have there ' Second Pelican
Well it fills the bill"
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1975
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