Is raw goat milk safer than raw milk from cows?

Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, orgoats that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. This raw,unpasteurized milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, which are responsible for causing numerous foodborne illnesses. read more

Cow milk in it's raw state is not homogenized, which means the fat globules are rather large and it causes the cream to separate from the rest of the milk. When milk is homogenized, the fat globules are broken into smaller particles, thus making it more uniform throughout. read more

Raw milk and raw milk products, including soft cheese, ice cream, and yogurt, can be contaminated with harmful bacteria and other germs that can cause serious illness, hospitalization, or death. These harmful germs include Brucella, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella. read more

Once it reaches your stomach, the protein in goat milk forms a softer curd than cow milk ­— only about 2 percent of goat milk is curd, compared to about 10 percent in cow milk — helping your body digest it with less irritation than cow milk. Goat milk is also lower in lactose, or milk sugars, than cow milk. read more