A new method for milk sample collection and storage, based on a dried milk sampling technique, is proposed. The method includes application of a whole milk sample to a porous membrane followed by drying. One hundred whole milk samples (dried and liquid) taken on day 21 post insemination were analysed for progesterone by ELISA and results for both dried and liquid samples were well correlated (r...

Cow's milk is a major food for young children. Whole cow's milk is known to be detrimental to infants, mainly due to its low iron content. The negative association with iron status led to recommending the introduction of formula feeding in infancy during the weaning period or when breastfeeding ceased. More recently, the literature suggests that consuming whole cow's milk in infancy has unfortu...

This study investigated whether the prenatal maternal environment in dairy cattle influences the postnatal milking performance of the resulting daughters and grand-daughters. Linear mixed models were used to analyse whole season milk production from ∼ 46,000 Jersey and ∼ 123,000 Holstein Friesian cows in their 1st and 2nd lactations. Variation in the prenatal environment was associated with a s...

to evaluate the effects of physically processed flaxseed [ground flaxseed (gfs) and whole flaxseed(wfs)] as a replacement for extruded soybeans on feed intake, milk production, milk composition, milk fatty acid (fa) composition and blood biochemical parameters, nine primiparus holstein dairy lactating cowsaveraging 495 ± 34.5 kg of body weight (bw) and 70 ± 5 days in milk (dim) were assigned in...

Thirty two Holstein female calves (initial body weight = 40±3.0 kg) were used to investigate the effects of probiotic and prebiotic on average daily gain (ADG), fecal E. coli count, white blood cell count, plasma IgG1 level and cell-mediated immune response to injection of phytohemagglutinin in suckling female calves. Calves were assigned randomly to one of the four treatments, including whole ...

Dear Sir,?I read with some concern the notes of K. R. regarding my reference on choline content of milk published in the February 1951 issue of the Gazette. The edible portion of dry skim milk, dry whole milk and fresh milk being common in all the three varieties, how could the choline content in the first two vary by dilution ? It is of course true that a given quantity of dry skim or dry whol...

1. It was shown that the water-soluble fraction of cow's milk and human milk did not possess significant antirachitic activity on rats. Whole cow's milk was found to contain 3.8 i.u. vitamin D/l. Whole human milk contained 15 i.u. vitamin D/l, of which 12 i.u. derived from the lipid fraction. 3. Thus the values found were much lower than the 204 i.u./l in cow's milk and 950 i.u./l in human milk...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationship between habits and attitudes of mothers and the types of milk offered to their children in their first two years of life. METHODS Retrospective study including 773 interviews of mothers from 11 Brazilian cities with children under 2 years of age. Interviews were conducted in 11 cities of Brazil. The following factors were analyzed: breastfeeding method pl...

To study the effect of processing on polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) levels, milk from four dairy herds containing less than 0.3 ppm (fat basis) of physiologically incorporated PBBs was presented individually into cream, skim milk, butter, and stirred curd cheese. Pasteurized and freeze-dried whole milk, skim milk, and cream, spray-dried whole milk and skim milk, and condensed whole milk were als...

Raw milk is a colloid, in which fat globules of various sizes are dispersed within a watery phase of dissolved proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, electrolytes and minerals, along with low levels of probiotic bacteria such as lactobacillus. The purpose of this pilot study is to examine whole milk – raw and processed – to look for any differences in its colloidal structure that can be seen using ...