title: [Horse milking industry in The Netherlands and Flanders].
abstract: The horse milking industry is expanding in The Netherlands and Flanders. Horse milk has become popular due to its (supposed) health-enhancing properties. A horse-milking farm is not a common client for the Dutch veterinarian. When giving advice in this circumstance it should be recognised that these horses are production animals and that their milk is for human consumption. A review of the literature is given together with the results of an extensive enquiry amongst 13 horse-milking farms in The Netherlands and Flanders.
authors.affiliation: Departement Gezondheidszorg Paard, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Yalelaan 114, 3584 C M Utrecht.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: van der Burg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D001947:Breeding; D003612:Dairying / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008413:Mastitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D008892:Milk / Q000592:standards; D009426:Netherlands; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000639:trends