Milk quality Technical Articles
Article published the November 22, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
Diets that are rich in concentrates and poor in forage have long been known to depress milk fat content in dairy cows. These reductions in milk fat content, which can reach 50% with little or no c...
Article published the November 22, 2012:
Implications
Fluctuations in the milk fat market are driving demands from farmers for ways to control milk fat production and composition in dairy cows. The current models used to estimate dairy cow requireme...
Article published the November 5, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
The practical and scientific knowledge obtained on the use of the Lactoperoxidase system (LPs) confirms its innocuity to human health (1), which allowed the lifting of the restriction that the sy...
Article published the October 31, 2012:
Here are some of the most asked questions about robotic milking systems. Answers are based on formal interviews with Canadian robot owners, Ontario milk quality records and European research studies.
How...
Article published the October 15, 2012:
Introduction
Aflatoxins are mycotoxins of major concern to the dairy industry. Most mycotoxins are found in grain, usually grown in a drought, although they may contaminate pasture grass and occasionally hay....
Article published the August 22, 2012:
Introduction
The purpose of the heifer herd is to provide replacements for cows leaving the herd and to improve genetic progress. First-lactation cows significantly contribute to herd production and profit. A...
Article published the August 15, 2012:
Introduction
Many factors influence the composition of milk, the major components of which are water, fat, protein, lactose and minerals.
Nutrition or dietary influences readily alter fat concentration and m...
Article published the July 30, 2012:
Introduction
Profit centered dairy farms strive to maximize milk price and control costs. One way to control costs is by minimizing the rate of disease. The most costly disease of dairy cattle is generally co...
Article published the July 30, 2012:
Take Home Messages
Use of on-farm culture systems to direct mastitis therapy can result in reduced antibiotic usage & less discarded milk without changing the probability of achieving treatment success
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Article published the July 19, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
Pakistan is primarily an agricultural based country and livestock plays a pivotal role in its economy, providing essential items of the human diet in the form of milk, meat and eggs. At present, l...