Milk and milk products for preventing or treating heart disease

摘要

A milk which is free of -casein A¹ protein in the prevention or treatment of coronary heart disease is disclosed. In addition, a process for the testing of DNA from cells obtained from lactating bovines for the presence of DNA encoding certain -casein proteins, selecting the bovines on the basis of the testing, and then milking those bovines to produce milk free of -casein A¹ for use in the prevention or treatment of coronary heart disease is disclosed.