Sustainability concept in agriculture is becoming widespread throughout industries in many fields even in crop production, livestock production and etc. Sustainable in agriculture is believed can give present and future good benefit to the farmers and society. However, in dairy sector in Malaysia, the sustainability concepts and practices seems not fully aware by the farmers which result in low...

In contrast to nonruminants, forage-fed ruminants normally absorb very little glucose from their feed. However, glucose supply is still crucial for maintenance and productive functions in ruminants, such as growing and lactating cattle. Glucose supply is especially important for the lactating dairy cow because of the demands of milk synthesis for glucose. Glucose requirements of ruminants are l...

introduction: lactation yield and persistency are two economic important traits in dairy cow. the production level of a dairy cow is determined by a joint effect of genetic and environmental factors.the main factors determining the total amount of milk production are milk yield at the peak of lactation and persistency as well as length of lactation period. persistency are defined as a extent to...

The food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has reported that by 2020, the developing countries should be producing roughly half of the milk with India leading in the output. (Annon. 2003a). Further, in most developing countries, the per capita milk production has kept pace with the population growth. The dairy production also expanded alongwith its consumption which is pa...

sustainability concept in agriculture is becoming widespread throughout industries in many fields even in crop production, livestock production and etc. sustainable in agriculture is believed can give present and future good benefit to the farmers and society. however, in dairy sector in malaysia, the sustainability concepts and practices seems not fully aware by the farmers which result in low...

Background & objectives: Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi and one of the most important types of mycotoxins identified as a carcinogen for humans. The aim of this study was to determine the level of aflatoxin M1 in milk production of dairy factories in east Azerbaijan province by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Methods: In this study, 45 samples of pasteurized milk ...

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 ...