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Milk processing capacity will be the main factor influencing the scale of Ireland’s dairy industry in the future. Together with efficiency and added value, processing capacity will have a major bearing on farm income and on the future expansion plans of the industry. This emerged at a major Teagasc dairy open day in Moorepark , Fermoy, County Cork, Thursday, 21 June. Speaking at Moorepark 07 Professor Liam Donnelly, Teagasc head of Food...
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Cows could be bred to produce only skimmed milk within the next five years, researchers have said, offering a new way of meeting consumer demand for lower fat dairy.
Scientists in New Zealand say some of the country's four million cows contain genes that could be used to make them produce only skimmed milk.
Their work, published in Chemistry & Industry magazine, could help the dairy industry meet consumer demand for lower fat products while also reducing wastage.
A first commercial...
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Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element and has been documented to be important for the health of both animals and humans (Rayman, 2000; McKenzie et al., 1998). However, selenium intake is generally low in many areas of the world, particularly the Nordic countries, where content of selenium in soil is low. Thus, feed for livestock is supplemented with selenium, mostly as inorganic sodium selenite, although bioavailability of inorganic selenium is lower than that of organic forms (Ortman...
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Introduction The essential trace element selenium (Se) is fundamental to mammalian health, influencing growth, immunity, muscle and neuromuscular function and fertility. Westernised cultures, including some European nations, have identified suboptimal intakes of Se according to recent accumulated survey data, a result that may be exacerbated by some modern agricultural practices (Rayman, 2000). A similar situation applies in Australia and New Zealand where Se-deficit status...
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Effect of feeding rumen-protected choline on performance, health and reproduction of dairy cows
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Abstract Restricted suckling during lactation is a widespread practice in cattle managed in dual purpose systems, appreciably reducing saleable milk and its fat content. Early weaning might solve these problems, but it could reduce milk yield after weaning. An experiment was carried out to evaluate the influence of early weaning on milk yield and fat content of crossbred Brahman x Holstein cows with restricted suckling. Twenty four animals were used, machine milked twice daily and...
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An FDA risk assessment that is expected to declare meat and milk derived from cloned animals safe for the food supply is currently being reviewed by the government, and is due to be released by the end of the year.
If these documents are finalized, cloned animal products will become part of the food supply, without the requirement for such foods to carry special labeling. And this could result in a backlash of absence claims, with ‘clone-free' products starting to appear on supermarket...
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Abstract Restricted suckling is a characteristic of dual purpose cattle systems found in tropical America and has a series of advantages over artificial rearing, such as higher milk yield and calf live weight gain, together with lower incidence of mastitis. However, an important limitation of this practice is the complicated management during milking. It implies appropriate installations for machine milking, high labour requirements, difficulties in handling large calves and...
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