Stable organic milk producer prices over the course of the 2015/2016 conventional milk price crisis in the EU suggest that product differentiation according to the preferences of buyers for ethical milk attributes could be a good marketing strategy for conventional milk. Through an online choice experiment conducted in Germany we analyse the preferences of conventional milk buyers for ethical a...

A study was conducted between May 2013 and August 2014 in three provinces of Vietnam to investigate financial impacts of swine diseases in pig holdings in 2010-2013. The aim of the study was to quantify the costs of swine diseases at producer level in order to understand swine disease priority for monitoring at local level. Financial impacts of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRR...

A duplex-PCR method, with 2 pairs of primers recognizing sequences of mitochondrial D-loop region, was developed to identify cows' milk in the milk of goats. The PCR was shown to be specific and sensitive, enabling the detection of less than 1% of cows' milk added to the milk of goats. Simultaneous use of a primer pair for goats' and cows' mitochondrial DNA fragment prevented false negative res...

A field study was performed to assess safety of smallholder fresh cow's milk around Mongu, Western Province, Zambia. This involved observation and sampling of milk along the value chain from milking to point-of-sale and storage. Samples were collected from 86 cows, from 9 farmers, selling through two dairy cooperatives, with additional samples from informal markets. Production was very low; aro...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from soy milk were used to produce a multifunctional fermented food. Seven isolates were screened for their ability to produce peptides and free isoflavones in soy milk. The antihypertensive, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties of the resulting fermented soy milks were evaluated in vitro using biochemical assays. Isolates 1-5 were found to be produc...

The Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) have experienced since the early 1950s a rapid demographic growth coupled to a significant rhythm of urbanization. This has led to a marked increase in the demand of dairy products. In order to secure the supply, specific policies have been implemented. They mainly consisted in the establishment of a dairy industry, based on the processing of...

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A field study was set up to investigate the relation between breeding management and 305-day milk production. Second goal of the study was to investigate advantages and disadvantages of principal components regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS) for livestock management research. Multicollinearity was present in the data set and the number of variables was high compared to the number ...

Misalignment of quality incentives along value chains may limit and therefore function as a barrier to smallholder participation in modern chains. This article uses survey administrative data study how individual provided by private actors can help smallholders improve milk quality. By matching farmers on baseline characteristics, I find that increased the compositional quickly after its introd...