Is bovine milk a health hazard?
Whole bovine milk should not be fed to infants during the first year of life because of its association with occult gastrointestinal bleeding, iron deficiency anemia, and cow's milk allergy. The consumption of whole milk after the first year of life should be discouraged because of its potential role in a variety of disorders including atherosclerosis, recurrent abdominal pain of childhood, cataracts, milk-borne infections, and juvenile delinquency.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000635:transmission; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000453:epidemiology; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009780:Occult Blood; D010372:Pediatrics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States