milk production Articles
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Milk Production Process: Pledge to Cut Emissions from Dairy Farms
Interest in the increasing carbon footprint of the dairy industry has grown considerably over the past few years and growing greenhouse gas emissions from the milk production process are a contributing factor. A number of greenhouse gases (GHG) are produced from fertiliser production through to consumption and disposal of packaging. Methane is produced as a direct emission from cows and carbon ...
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Electronic Nose Application for the Determination of Penicillin G in Saanen Goat Milk with Fisher Discriminate and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network Analyses
Antibiotics are routinely added to milk products and pose potential harm to public health. The objective of this study was to use an innovative and nondestructive application of an electronic nose instrument for rapid detection of penicillin G in goat milk. The PEN3 electronic nose system was utilized to detect volatile substances in goat milk after the addition of penicillin G sodium salt at ...
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BUCHI NIR is Pro-Food Quality at ProFood Tech
The BUCHI wagon got put back on the road for the ProFood Techconference in Chicago this week. Hopefully you’ll catch us at our booth at Lakeside Upper Hall #3113 (vs. catching our booth attendants just lurking the show floor devouring free samples all day). ProFood Tech is an event, and BUCHI is a laboratory equipment manufacturer, but you might be interested in the overlap between us. We ...
By BUCHI
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Planning a Successful Ventilation Retrofit
In a perfect world, every barn would be a new build where ventilation could be entered into the formula throughout the design, engineering, and building process. That fantasy, as you may have guessed, sure isn’t what we at VES work with on a day-in-day-out basis. The reality is that a large swath of the ventilation consultations and installations we do at VES are actually retrofits ...
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Research highlights cattle emissions reduction opportunity
Researchers in Denmark have measured the quantities of greenhouse gases in the breath of dairy cows and demonstrated a heritable variability between individual animals. “This means that we have an opportunity to select for breeding those individuals which will produce offspring that generate less methane,” says Dr Jan Lassen who led the research project on individual methane ...
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Research highlights cattle emissions reduction opportunity - Case study
Researchers in Denmark have measured the quantities of greenhouse gases in the breath of dairy cows and demonstrated a heritable variability between individual animals. Researchers in Denmark have measured the quantities of greenhouse gases in the breath of dairy cows and demonstrated a heritable variability between individual animals. “This means that we have an opportunity to select for ...
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Animal waste categorisation
Animal by-products (ABPs) are divided into 3 categories, based on the risks they pose. Category 1 ABPs – are classed as high risk. Carcasses and body parts from zoo and circus animals or pets Animals used in experiments International catering waste Animals that are contaminated due to illegal treatments Wild animals suspected of being infected with a disease that humans or ...
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The Science of Genetics & Its Application to Aquaculture
Genetics is defined as that branch of the biological sciences devoted to the study of inherited variation. Genetics investigations deal with the “why” and “how” of this variation, examining both the origin of inherited variability and the resulting outward expression of characters due to this variability. The applications of genetics in today’s society are far ...
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Unlocking the Potential: Insects as Key Players in Future Food and Feed Systems
Insect Cultivation: Transforming Waste into Valuable Resources for a Sustainable Circular Economy Insects offer a fascinating opportunity to transform otherwise unused matter into valuable materials, such as proteins and fats. By doing so, they play a vital role in a circular economy, upcycling waste into resources that hold significant value for the feed, food, and agricultural ...
By BESTMIX
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Why in animal production feed efficiency is so important?
Feed efficiency improvement in farms is a global challenge because: Feed efficiency is important for farmer’s profitability Available surface for agriculture and feed/forage production is decreasing Human population and food demand are increasing in quantity and quality (animal proteins) Feed costs are increasing (direct and inputs) In the future we should produce more goods with ...
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The Long-Term Ramifications of Heat Stress on Dry Cows
At VES, there are few aspects of cow care that fester in our craw more than ignoring the impacts of heat stress on dry cows. It’s a critical period in a cow’s lactation cycle that deserves every ounce of care and attention as all others and can have long-term implications on a herd if ignored. Dry Cow (n.) – A late gestation, non-lactating cow. Often considered an afterthought ...
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The water footprint of soy milk and soy burger and equivalent animal products
As all human water use is ultimately linked to final consumption, it is interesting to know the specific water consumption and pollution behind various consumer goods, particularly for goods that are waterintensive, such as foodstuffs. The objective of this study is to quantify the water footprints of soy milk and soy burger and compare them with the water footprints of equivalent animal products ...
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Industrial Production of Plant-based Milk Alternatives
More and more consumers are turning to plant-based milk alternatives instead of cow’s milk. As such, the market has seen constant development in recent years. In this interview, Andreas Metzenauer, Head of Beverages and Dairy at Flottweg, provides some interesting facts about how plant-based milk alternatives are produced and how industrial centrifuges are used for this. Everyone is ...
By Flottweg SE
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Sheep farming in Qatar - Case Study
Doha, Qatar Baladna, the leading supplier of Syro-Arabian Awassi sheep, needed a supplier who could match their high standards of business. Client Overview Baladna is a national livestock and animal production company along with being the leading supplier of sheep meat, milk and animal feed products. Company values are very important to Baladna so they focus strongly on their top five beliefs: ...
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Interview: Lynn Verstrepen on the importance of feed management
Feed formulation software is no longer just about making feed. The complexity of legislation on food safety, declaration, hazardous materials and others in an ever-globalising industry has grown stronger over the last couple of years. We sat down with BESTMIX® product manager Lynn Verstrepen and discussed the importance of feed management and its effects on operational efficiency. ...
By BESTMIX
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Allergen Screening & Analysis
Allergen is a type of antigens that produces an exaggerated immune system response. Such reactions are called allergies. Food allergies have many symptoms, and some of these can be incredibly severe, including itching of the skin, swelling of the face, acute breathlessness, a sore throat, in extreme circumstances, even death. It is triggered by specific foods such as eggs, milk, and peanuts. It ...
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Goat Farming - Impacting Livelihoods
Goat Farming – Impacting LivelihoodsGoat farmers could earn 250-300% higher incomes from goat rearing only by adopting scientific norms of goat management and potentially higher by improving herd size and engaging in goat rearing as an enterprise by rural households.Continued innovation is needed for better technology acceptance by all stakeholders. ...
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Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity
My name is Segev Segalchick, involved in the Dairy business for more than 25 years as Farm Manager, General Manager and consultant in Israel and around the world. I have degree of Animal engineer from Ruppin Academy in Israel and several study in Academy in US, Spain and others. ...
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Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity
Today we talk about ventilation and cooling in the barn, a much discussed topic in our sector, through this short interview we will show you the point of view of an expert in Brazil who talks about us touching various points of ...
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