“…Composition of MFGM in milk can be altered by various factors, such as animal, environmental, and processing factors. Animal factors include diet, season and stage of lactation, and breed of cow (Huang & Kuksis, 1967 ;Anderson & Cheeseman, 1971 ;Anderson, 1974 ;Anderson & Cawston, 1975 ;Kinsella & Houghton, 1975 ;Diaz-Maurino & Nieto, 1977 ;McPherson & Kitchen, 1983). Environmental factors include the presence of bacteria in milk from pre-or post-pasteurization contamination or the presence of mastitis pathogens in mastitic milk (Erwin & Randolph, 1975 ;McPherson & Kitchen, 1983).…”