“…The MFGM markers selected include xanthine oxidase (XO) (Reuter, Kurzhals, Back, & Biewendt, 1975;Stannard, 1975;Wiking et al, 2003), alkaline phosphatase (Stannard, 1975;Deeth & Fitz-Gerald, 1978;Salvatierra, Stannard, & Parkinson, 1978), 5 0 -nucleotidase (Baumrucker & Keenan, 1973;Keenan et al, 1983), adenosine triphosphatase (Baumrucker & Keenan, 1973), phosphodiesterase I (Keenan et al, 1983) and acid phosphatase (Keenan et al, 1983). XO activity has been determined using polarographic, radioenzymic or colorimetric methods (Kirst, 1980a). Deeth and Fitz-Gerald (1978) found that the release of alkaline phosphatase into the milk plasma increased with increasing time of agitation.…”