Shunned donkey's milk brings taste of luxury as well as therapeutic potential

Machines long ago usurped a donkey's traditional role as the farmer's beast of burden, but the animals are winning new fans in Montenegro - thanks to their luxury milk.

It comes at a trickle and selling at a hefty 50 euros ($54) per liter it could provide a lifeline for the Balkan donkey breed, whose numbers have sharply declined.

But it is the product's therapeutic potential that makes it stand out, according to producers and buyers.