The worldwide production of sheep milk was 9,246,922 tonnes in 2009, whereas dairy cows produced 583,401,740 tonnes (FAOSTAT, at http://faostat.fao.org; accessed July 2011). The dairy sheep production is based on the utilization of local breeds of small or moderate effective and well adapted to local conditions in the different Mediterranean countries. This peculiarity contrasts with the "Holst...

Improving both quality and quantity of food available is a pressing need especially when one eighth of the world’s population consumes less energy than is required for maintenance and is exposed to contaminated food, both of which lead to greater susceptibility to diseases. The Pakistani population depends heavily on milk for nutritional needs and 10% of household income is spent on milk. This ...

Milk gels (acid or rennet) are used by dairy industry to produce dairy products such as yogurt and cheese. Enrichment of milk with calcium salts and heat treatment are known to produce “calcium-milk coagulum” as a new type of milk gels, due to reduction of milk protein charges through calcium binding. The combination of heat treatment and calcium addition to milk results in gel structures, but ...

High concentrate diets are fed to early and mid-lactation stages dairy ruminants to meet the energy demands for high milk production in modern milk industry. The present study evaluated the effects of a high concentrate diet on milk fat and milk composition, especially, cis-9, trans-11 CLA content in milk and gene expression of lactating goats. Eight mid-lactating goats with rumen fistula were ...

Buffalo milk has excellent physical and chemical qualities as a consequence of the high percentage of constituents. This milk property is desirable for the dairy industry because it facilitates manufacture of mozzarella cheese. We estimated genetic parameters for milk yield, milk fat and protein and their effects on mozzarella cheese production using Bayesian inference. Using information from 4...

Generic advertising of fluid milk and cheese represents the principal promotional activity undertaken with the $370 million per year provided by dairy farmers and fluid milk processors. This article describes a stock-flow-feedback simulation model that includes 17 intermediate and final dairy products, short-term and long-term milk supply response and government policies that influence the impa...

OBJECTIVE To identify consumer attitudes and beliefs about (liquid) milk that may be barriers to consumption. DESIGN Two random-quota telephone surveys conducted in Auckland one year apart. Respondents were questioned about their usual milk intake and their attitudes to milk. The questionnaire included attitude items that reflected the main themes of consumer interest in milk. SETTING New Z...

GM) in a 1:3 DM ratio and formed 55% of the TMR DM. In study weeks 1-3 the TMR DM also contained non-GM supplements of 18.5% cracked wheat, 26.1% rapeseed meal and 0.4% minerals. In weeks 4-12 ground maize grain (MON810) replaced cracked wheat. Milk and TMR samples were taken weekly prior to and after the introduction of the GM diet. In milk samples spiked with Bt DNA, PCR analyses established ...

In this article we analyse the time course of the consumption of fresh milk in different regions of Europe between the 1870s and 1930s. Working from the case of Catalonia, we affirm that the increasing consumption of milk in that period must be especially linked to the spreading of new scientific knowledge in microbiology and nutrition that followed Pasteur's discoveries. We particularly highli...