Crossbreeding is a popular tool for genetic improvement of pigs, beef cattle, and other livestock species, but its use in US dairy cattle has been limited for several reasons. The primary reason is the advantage of Holstein cows in milk volume, coupled with a milk pricing system that still tends to reward quantity, rather than quality, in many regions of the country (i.e., through volume premiu...

Artisanal cheeses are known as the source of beneficial lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Therefore, this study aimed to isolate and characterize LAB with different proteolytic activities from Iranian artisanal white cheeses. The isolates were classified into low, medium, high activity clusters via K-means clustering identified Lactiplantibacillus (Lpb.) pentosus L11, Lpb. plantarum L33, Enterococcus...

From " Milk – It Does a Body Good " to " Got Milk? " to " 3-A-Day for Dairy, " you've seen the advertisements and commercials aimed at increasing demand for fluid milk and dairy products. Generic advertising of dairy products has been around for many years and has been shown to increase consumer demand and improve the net returns to producers who fund the activities. However, in recent years, s...

Integrated care has become too much a professionals' concept, in research and theory development, as well as in practice, especially in high-income countries. The current debate on integrated care is dominated by norms and values of professionals, while most of the care is provided by non-professionals. The paradigms of integrated care for people with complex needs need to be reconsidered. It i...