Nico van Belzen – Achieving Sustainable Production of Milk (3 Volume set)

Автор: Nico van Belzen
Название книги: Achieving Sustainable Production of Milk (3 Volume set)
Формат: PDF
Тема: Сельское хозяйство, Производство молока, Молочная продукция
Страницы: 1400
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Milk is one of the world’s most important agricultural food products. In meeting rising demand, more intensive dairying systems face a range of challenges such as maintaining high standards of safety whilst optimising nutritional and sensory quality. At the same time farms need to become more sustainable as well as meet higher standards of animal health and welfare. Smallholder systems in developing countries face problems such as low productivity and vulnerability to disease which also impact on safety, quality, sustainability and animal welfare.

Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research addressing these challenges. It begins by discussing the composition of milk including proteins and bioactive components, the wide range of ingredients produced from milk, as well as aspects sensory quality. It also reviews current understanding of genetic factors affecting protein and other aspects of milk composition, other desirable traits such as fertility and advances in breeding to achieve improvements in quality and productivity in dairy farming.

1. Milk composition, genetics and breeding

2. Safety, quality and sustainability

3. Dairy herd management and welfare