milking Articles
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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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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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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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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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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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Case study - Whey milk: recovery of proteic substances
The Client A Portoguese cheese factory producing a wide range of dairy products for the National market. The Challenge According to the type of dairy production, the curdling process produces an amount of whey equivalent to about 85-90% of the volume of transformed milk. The whey characteristics, which also determine its economic value, are strictly connected to the chemical composition. The ...
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The nutritional assessment of GMOs before commercialisation, how to approach a comprehensive assessment
Using the in vitro gas production technique - which evaluate nutritive value of ruminants feeds - the fermentation kinetics of genetically modified (GM) corn and the gas production of GM soybean were respectively faster and lower compared to their respective conventional counterpart, although the chemical composition were not affect by the genetic modification. Concerning the fate of vegetable ...
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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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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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Reuse of dairy lagoon wastewater through SDI in forage crops
Abstract California has become the leading dairy products producing state in the USA. This has resulted in farms commonly milking several thousand cows per day. The care and feeding of the animals has produced large waste streams commonly collected and stored in lagoons. Environmentally safe handling and reuse of the lagooned wastewater is the objective of this study. A system of Subsurface Drip ...
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What is farm management software and why use it?
Farm management software, sometimes referred to as livestock management software is a software system for recording farm activities. What does farm management software need to be a useful tool? The ability to: Enter livestock details namely, species and breed, gender, identification details such as ear tag colour and number, progeny and ideally be able to display a photo of the animal. ...
By FarmRexx
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A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products
The increase in the consumption of animal products is likely to put further pressure on the world’s freshwater resources. This paper provides a comprehensive account of the water footprint of animal products, considering different production systems and feed composition per animal type and country. Nearly one-third of the total water footprint of agriculture in the world is related to the ...
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Choose A Pelletizing Machine For Dairy Feed Making Business
Feed pellet making machine is used to manufacture dairy feed of different diameters (2 to 10mm usually) and size. A variety of raw materials such as rice husk, corn, wheat bran, etc. can be used to make nutritious pellets. The choice of raw material depends on the type of animals and their dietary needs. With the continuous improvement of the intensive production level of dairy cow breeding ...
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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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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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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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Iceland: New poultry house for broiler production - Case Study
There is a good reason why Iceland’s agriculture is dominated by animal husbandry: the island country in Northern Europe has a very unique nature, which is, however, also characterised by lava fields and a harsh climate. Only 1 % of the country’s area is suitable for cultivation, another 19.5 % can be used as pasture. Poultry production is one branch of Iceland’s livestock ...
By Big Dutchman
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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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