BSAS Publication No. 29
This volume discusses how the industry can meet the needs of today’s consumer. Scientists, producers, processors and marketeers together with those interested in the wider issues of biotechnology and the environment, present their views on six key areas of debate: cows for
lifetime production; management for lifetime production; feeds and feeding; opportunities and impact; identifying the right model for accurate prediction of production; marketing – the myth against milk. The book concludes with a chapter looking at customers and consumers health.
Contents
- Review of dairy heifer rearing and its effect on performance, longevity, costs and farm income
- Physiological adaptations to milk production that affect fertility in high yielding dairy cows
- Metabolic consequences of increasing milk yield – revisiting Lorna
- Longevity
- Optimising milk composition
- Using biotechnology for the production and enhancement of livestock feed
- Milk, blood lipids and coronary heart disease – ‘the myth and the evidence’
- Index