| Achieving Sustainable Production of Milk Volume 2: Safety, Quality and Sustainability Contributor(s): Van Belzen, Nico (Editor), Verraes, Claire (Contribution by), Cardoen, Sabine (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1786760487 ISBN-13: 9781786760487 Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd OUR PRICE: $247.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry |
| LCCN: 2016962692 |
| Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.64 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cow's milk is one of the world's most important agricultural food products. Its importance in the diet is widely acknowledged and it is an essential ingredient in a wide range of foods. In meeting rising demand, more intensive dairying systems face a range of challenges such as maintaining high standards of safety in the face of the continuing threat from zoonoses entering the food chain, whilst sustaining nutritional and sensory quality. At the same time farms need to become more efficient and sustainable. Finally, farming must also meet higher standards of animal health and welfare. Smallholder systems in developing countries face problems such as poor cattle nutrition, low productivity and vulnerability to disease which impact on safety, quality, sustainability and animal welfare. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research addressing safety quality and sustainability. Part 1 reviews pathogens affecting milk, their detection and control. The second part of the book discusses the environmental impact of dairy farming and ways it can be better managed, from improved nutrition to ways of protecting biodiversity. The book also reviews ways of supporting smallholders improve dairy farming in the developing world. Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2: Safety, quality and sustainability will be a standard reference for animal and dairy scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in milk production. It is accompanied by two further volumes which review milk composition, genetics and breeding as well as dairy herd management and welfare. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Belzen, Nico: - Dr Nico van Belzen is Director-General of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), Belgium. He has occupied senior roles in both industry and research organisations, both as Head of the Research and Analysis department at the ingredients division of Campina and as Executive Director of the European Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI).Vaarst, Mette: - Dr Mette Vaarst is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Animal Science at Aarhus University, and in the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Denmark. She has published widely on organic animal farming and coordinated a number of major European research projects in this area. O'Brien, Bernadette: - Dr Bernadette O'Brien is a Senior Research Officer at Teagasc Moorepark's Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre in Ireland. Bernadette obtained a primary degree in Dairy Science, followed by a Masters in Dairy Engineering and a PhD on milking and mastitis from National University of Ireland. In her current role at Teagasc, Dr Bernadette O'Brien's projects include research into: milk quality from the perspective of achieving and maintaining minimal contaminants in milk processing; developing and progressing a sustainable system of integrating automatic milking and cow grazing; increasing efficiency of traditional technologies and exploring new technology on Irish dairy farms. Previous research by Dr. O'Brien has also included seasonal variation in milk composition and minimising chemical residues of milk; and factors that impact on the processing quality of raw milk produced in Ireland. Dr O'Brien has also been involved in coordinating successful applications for research funding to National and EU (Seventh Framework) programmes. Dr O'Brien has published extensively and has significant international collaborations with research scientists at Agroscope, Switzerland; Massey University and Dexcel in New Zealand and Wisconsin University (Madison), USA. |