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Goat milk is considered a medicine for dengue patients. So with the dreaded disease spearing in Delhi, the hard-to-find milk is selling for as much as Rs 2,500 per litre.So now, instead of being slaughtered for meat, the animals are being milked for cash, literally.Goat milk is supposed to help increase the bood platlet count, which falls sharply during dengue fever.According to report in The Hindu on Wednesday, in east Delhi, goat milk, which was earlier selling for Rs. 400 per litre, was now being sold at Rs. 2,500 per litre.The report said people come from different localities of Delhi were coming to Trilokpuri to buy goat's milk to treat dengue.