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Book SynopsisMany advances have recently taken place in dairy science and this book provides timely reviews of a number of such key topics. The subject matter is divided into five sections, covering: nutrition and physiology; breeding and reproduction; health maintenance and control; milking and milk technology; and the environment and ethics. All chapters have been specially commissioned for this volume from international authorities from Europe, North America and Africa. The book represents an important update of the literature for research workers, lecturers, advisers and advanced students in many areas of animal science as well as veterinarians concerned with bovine medicine.
Table of ContentsSection One: Nutrition and Physiology 1: Protein requirement systems for ruminants, J D Oldham 2: Sodium nutrition of dairy cows, P C Chiy and C J C Phillips 3: Nutrition and mammary host defences against disease in dairy cattle, J S Hogan, P Weiss and K L Smith 4: The effect of bovine somatotropin on dairy production, cow health and economics, S A Zinn and B Bravo-Ureta Section Two: Breeding and Reproduction 5: The bovine gene map, J E Womack 6: The application of genetic markers in dairy cow selection programmes, J A M van Arendonk and H Bovenhuis 7: Breeding for longevity in dairy cows, E Stradberg 8: Effect of draught work on the metabolism and reproduction of dairy cows, E Zerbini et al. Section Three: Health Control 9: Control of Mastitis, J E Hillerton 10: Controlling lameness in dairy cows, P Greenough 11: Amelioration of heat stress in dairy cattle, J T Huber Section Four: Milking and Milk Technology 12: Production and utilization of dairy cow 13: Milk and production with increased unsaturated fatty acids, R J Baer 14: Robotic milking of dairy cows, A Kuipers and W Rossing 15: Modification of milk protein composition by gene transfer, J L Vilotte and P J Huillier 16: Autocrine regulation of milk secretion, C J Wilde, C H Knight and M Peaker Section Five: Environment and Ethics 17: Organic dairy farming, R F Weller 18: Economic aspects of feeding dairy cows to contain environmental pollution, P B M Berensten and G W J Giesen 19: Ethical impacts of biotechnology in dairying, T B Mepham
