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Science 12 January 1962:
Vol. 135. no. 3498, pp. 104 - 105
DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3498.104
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Composition of the Milk from Zalophus californianus, the California Sea Lion

M. E. Q. Pilson 1 and A. L. Kelly 2

1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla
2 Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

The milk of Zalophus californianus is similar to that of other marine mammals. The chief protein of the milk is casein, which has a lower phosphorus content than bovine casein. There appears to be a complete absence of lactose, and it is believed that this is the first unequivocal demonstration of the absence of lactose from the milk of any mammal.


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