Dairy and beef cattle The project demonstrates how useful large-scale DNA analyses can be says Professor Roel Veerkamp Professor of Numerical Genetics at Wageningen University and board member of the 1000 Bull Genomes project.
He emphasises that the requirements for dairy and beef cattle are becoming ever more exacting: Until the mid nineties a cow primarily had to produce a lot of milk.
But since then expectations have gone up. Farmers are looking for more robust cows. In practice that means good fertility longer life udders that give good protection against infections improved claws and more efficient feed utilisation.
because plants represent the main food source for cattle in countries such as Brazil--one of the only countries in the world that produce meat and milk through the extensive farming of livestock i e. through livestock farming in pastures.
of which emphasize fruits vegetables whole grains and low-or nonfat dairy. The findings highlight the challenges associated with packing healthful items to send to school. â#oewhen deciding what to pack parents are juggling time cost convenience and
dairy beef poultry pork and eggs. Their idea was to calculate the environmental inputs-the costs-per nutritional unit:
Poultry pork eggs and dairy all came out fairly similar. That was also surprising because dairy production is thought often to be relatively environmentally benign.
But the research shows that the price of irrigating and fertilizing the crops fed to milk cows-as well as the relative inefficiency of cows in comparison to other livestock-jacks up the cost significantly.
This is expected to increase further going forward as demand for meat dairy products and eggs is predicted by some scientists to double by 2050.
People following the DASH diet are encouraged to eat fruits vegetables low-fat dairy and protein predominantly from plant sources.
along with fruits vegetables and low-fat dairy to effectively help lower blood pressure in healthy individuals the researchers report in the Journal of Human Hypertension.
Their recommendations state that rice-based formulas are an option for infants allergic to cow's milk
Khroma even had clotted blood inside intact blood vessels and undigested milk in the stomach. These two exquisitely preserved baby mammoths are like two snapshots in time.
Khroma had been nursing less than an hour before her death as evidenced by undigested milk found in her stomach during a necropsy by a team of scientists that included Fisher.
It looked like you'd just popped the top on a container of yogurt Fisher recalled.
Just fresh creamy milk from mama mammoth. Perhaps the riverbank collapsed and the two mammoths mother and daughter plunged into the river.
Dairy products feature prominently in the medical lexicon:''milk patch'describes the appearance of healed inflamed membranes surrounding the heart (rheumatic pericarditis)
while cafã au lait describes the telltale skin pigmentation of von Recklinghausen's disease--a genetic disorder characterised by nerve tumours.
#Fungus in yogurt outbreak poses threat to consumersthe fungus responsible for an outbreak of contaminated Greek yogurt last year is not harmless after all
In September 2013 customers of Chobani brand Greek yogurt complained of gastrointestinal (GI) problems after consuming products manufactured in the company's Idaho plant.
When he heard about the Chobani recall after reports of people becoming sick from yogurt contaminated with Mucor circinelloides we thought the M. circinelloides strain could cause more serious problems than one might think. says Soo Chan Lee of Duke university an author on the study.
In the study the researchers isolated a strain of the fungus from a yogurt container that was subject to recall.
Whole-genome sequence analysis of the yogurt isolate confirmed it as being closely related to Mcc and also revealed the possibility that this fungus could produce harmful metabolites that were previously unknown in this species. The researchers then tested the strain on mice where the fungus showed an ability to cause lethal infections
It can also be transmitted through semen urine and feces and even milk. Identifying variationsin 2003-2004 the Antelope research station in northwestern South dakota bought 136 cattle and wound up with 60 persistently infected calves.
The method has been tested successfully in the context of cow milk allergy. Food allergies are becoming widespread in the Western world today affecting around 6-8%of children and about 3%of adults.
Cow milk allergy is common among children preventing them from breast feeding and drinking milk although some outgrow the allergy by six years of age.
In the case of milk allergies the antibodies are called Ige. Medical doctors can diagnose milk allergies by simply detecting an overproduction of Ige
but that does not tell them which one of the numerous proteins in milk--and other foods--is causing the allergic response.
The team of Hubert Girault at EPFL has developed a highly sensitive method that uses a patient's Ige to determine specifically which protein induces allergic responses in them.
when milk is injected through the capillary. As the milk's proteins pass over the patient's Ige antibodies the ones that cause allergies are caught by them
while the others exit on the other side. The beads are washed then with a strong chemical that causes the allergy-inducing protein to dissociate from the patient's Ige antibodies.
This also means that the method can be extended beyond milk to other foods like nuts and wheat products.
low-fat/fat-free milka nutrition education program in low-income child care centers can improve a child's at home consumption of vegetables and low-fat/fat-free milk according to a study by researchers
and low-fat and fat-free dairy products said Pam Williams Ph d. senior research scientist in RTI's Center for Communication Science
or use low-fat/fat-free milk on their cereal than children who were exposed not to the program.
and vegetables and encouraging children to drink low-fat/fat-free milk. Researchers sampled 24 child care centers that serve low-income families
and end of the program to report their child's at home consumption of fruits vegetables and milk.
While children's vegetable and low-fat/fat-free milk consumption improved the study found that the program did not have a significant impact on parental offerings of fruits
#Peanuts dont panic parents as much as milk and eggsit's tough being the parent of a child with food allergies.
and Immunology the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) there is increased anxiety and strain for caregivers of children allergic to milk and eggs.
The study examined 305 caregivers of children allergic to milk egg peanut or tree nut--the 4 most common food allergies.
The authors were surprised to learn that milk and egg allergies were the most worrisome for caregivers.
But because eggs and milk are used everywhere and to prepare so many dishes caregivers with children allergic to those two ingredients feel more worried and anxious.
#Unlocking milks formula could save lives, say scientistsa new study on the digestion of milk could lead to the development of new formulas for premature babies weight loss drinks and potentially new drug delivery systems.
Published in the journal ACS Nano the Monash University research shows for the first time detailed insights into the structure of milk during digestion.
Whilst milk's nutritional values are well known little research has been conducted into the detailed structure of milk
and how its fats interact with the digestive system until now. Funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and led by Dr Stefan Salentinig
and Professor Ben Boyd from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) the team looked at the nanostructure of milk to find out how its components interact with the human digestive system.
They discovered milk has a highly geometrically ordered structure when being digested. Dr Salentinig said the research provides a blueprint for the development of new milk products.
It could also lead to a new system for drug delivery. By unlocking the detailed structure of milk we have the potential to create milk loaded with fat soluble vitamins
and brain building molecules for premature babies or a drink that slows digestion so people feel fuller for longer.
We could even harness milk's ability as a'carrier'to develop new forms of drug delivery Dr Salentinig said.
and adding cows'milk the team found that milk has a unique structure--an emulsion of fats nutrients
Using enzymes present in the body water was added to milk fat to break it down
when digested the by-products of milk become highly organised. Dr Salentinig said the structure is similar to a sponge potentially enhancing the absorption of milk's healthy fats.
We knew about the building blocks of milk and that milk fat has significant influence on the flavor texture and nutritional value of all dairy food.
But what we didn't know was the structural arrangement of this fat during digestion he said.
We found that when the body starts the digestion process an enzyme called lipase breaks down the fat molecules to form a highly geometrically ordered structure.
which was considered typical of the Mediterranean diet (vegetables fruit and nuts fish and cereal grains) as well as one point for low intakes of foods untypical of the Mediterranean diet (such as dairy and meat products).
The food questionnaire specifically asked about the consumption of 8 soy food items such as miso soup tofu and soymilk.
Is it possible to prevent the illness by splitting the proteins of cows milk? Splitting the cow's milk proteins in a formula doesn't prevent the start-up of the disease process of type 1 diabetes in predisposed children shows a large international study.
much as humans use cow's milk. When the ants are need in of protein they simply eat the aphids.
Human milk in most nursing mothers contains very little Vitamin d. Infant formulas from various manufacturers all contain some added Vitamin d in amounts calculated to be sufficient to meet an infant's needs.
It must seem strange that on the one hand we stress that human milk is the best source of nourishment for our babies
and on the other seem to ignore the fact that human milk doesn't contain the Vitamin d those babies need.
or none left over to put into their milk. But it has not always been this way.
We know that the Vitamin d blood concentrations that are regularly found today in Africans living ancestral lifestyles are high enough to support putting into breast milk all the vitamin D an infant needs.
if we give nursing mothers enough Vitamin d to bring their blood levels up to the likely ancestral levels then they automatically put all of the Vitamin d their baby needs into their own milk thereby ensuring that the infant gets total nutrition without the need to resort to Vitamin d drops.
so as to ensure an adequate amount in her milk? As with everything else related to Vitamin d there is a lot of individual variation
While for other purposes it is possible to take Vitamin d intermittently (e g. once a week) that doesn't work for putting Vitamin d into human milk.
or two Vitamin d in her milk will be low (or absent altogether) on the days she skips.
Unfortunately that won't allow you to put any Vitamin d into your breast milk. Sorry about that...
Milk production (and its optimal composition) are simply two of the many functions that Vitamin d supports in a healthy adult.
and East asia and were eradicated largely in growing children by use of cod liver oil and in the US by the introduction of Vitamin d fortification of milk in the 1930s.
â#¢Consuming fresh fruits vegetables and dairy foods such as milk cheese and yogurt without added sugar helps reduce an individual's risk of cavities. â#¢Consuming fewer foods
and Vitamin d intake an area of focus especially since teens tend to replace milk with sugar beverages like soda or sports drinks.
Greek yogurt with fruit: I prefer to add frozen fruit to Greek yogurt over fresh
because it makes it a cool refreshing treat and as the fruit melts the juice spreads throughout the yogurt making it sweeter Kizer says.
She suggests buying 32-ounce containers of yogurt and adding your teenager's favorite fruit.
The extra protein from the Greek yogurt will keep your hungry teen full and he or she will also be getting fiber from the fruit as well as Vitamin c potassium folic acid and calcium.
Cereal: When you don't have time to leave something prepared cereal is always an easy alternative.
In developing countries production of milk and meat have grown from 1970 to today at an average yearly rates of 5. 1 and 3. 6 percent respectively
Moreover livestock grazing systems are used also to produce meat and milk in areas unsuitable for crop production.
and juice drinks plain milk and sweetened milk. The researchers found the total calories from food
Declines were noted especially in milk soft drink juice and juice drinks and grain-based dessert purchases all of
help dairy producersconsumers may have more palatable low-fat products and milk producers a solution to an industry-wide problem through use of a unique strain of lactic acid bacteria according to Ashraf Hassan
associate professor of dairy science at South dakota State university. Low-fat products tend to have inferior texture
After examining bacteria from the dairy environment for more than 15 years Hassan found a strain that mimics fat.
The strain Hassan discovered produces polysaccharides with high water binding capacity that then improve the quality of low-fat dairy products.
which the nationally recognized SDSU dairy products judging team could not discern from regular high-fat cheese.
The bacteria's patent-pending application has been licensed to a multinational dairy ingredients company. But that's only the beginning.
This unique polysaccharide will also address a longstanding problem in the dairy industry--the formation of biofilm on milk processing equipment Hassan noted.
Milk bacteria attach to contact surfaces and form colonies that can resist traditional cleaning methods. The bacteria Hassan identified interfere with the formation of these biofilms possibly mitigating this industrywide problem.
Eating yogurt made with these bacteria may help reduce plaque and prevent tooth decay. To explore this possibility Hassan is collaborating with a researcher from University of Iowa's School of dentistry to apply for funding from the National institutes of health.
Research associate Bethany Yon in a study recently published in the Journal of School Health in fact has shown that it's worked with flavored milk.
When the dairy industry in advance of impending regulations started to reformulate flavored milk traditionally high in both fat
Yon's work using shipment data as a proxy for consumption has shown that after some small blips milk consumption has stayed consistent.
That milk as Johnson has known since her earliest days as a researcher is critical. As people first became concerned about childhood obesity Johnson started looking at beverage consumption
and milk consumption going down. We were one of the first to sound this alarm she says showing that
when kids don't have milk at lunch they don't come close to meeting their dietary needs
--and the beverages displacing milk add empty calories. Today with 101-peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals 12 book chapters
#Protective milk shot: How mothers milk protects piglets from parasite infectionsantibodies against C. suis are transferred via the sow's very first milk to the piglets immediately after birth.
This was discovered by veterinarian and parasitologist Lukas Schwarz and his colleagues in 2013. These findings prompted the researchers at the Institute for Parasitology to look for a way to increase the level of these antibodies in sows.
The ultimate goal was to provide the piglets with as much antibodies as possible via their mother's milk during the first few days of life.
High concentrations of antibodies against the parasites are passed on to the piglets in the first few hours of life through their mother's milk where they enter the blood stream
The higher the concentration of antibodies in the sow's milk the better protected her offspring are.
Protective milk as the basis for a vaccineresearchers found particularly high concentrations of Iga in the very first milk known as colostrum a highly nutritious milk all mammals ingest during the first days of life.
This form of milk vaccination might serve as a basis for developing an immunisation strategy to prevent swine coccidiosis.
but now a new study has shown a direct link between eating fish fruit and dairy products and improved lung function among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
and cows--that could produce meat milk or other foods rich in this essential fatty acid says Kang an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical school.
and Universitã de Franche-Comtã have reviewed the benefits of traditional raw-milk cheeses. They showed that traditional cheeses have unrivalled advantages in terms of both their diversity and their gustatory richness but also regarding their protection against pathogenic agents.
they result from the use of raw milk combined with the specific techniques used to manufacture traditional cheeses.
From the production of milk to the ripening of cheeses in different environments a wide range of microorganisms have an opportunity to develop.
Indeed raw milk already contains nearly 300 species of bacteria and 70 species of yeasts which are subsequently found to differing degrees in the cheeses.
Microorganisms native to raw milk whose metabolic potentials differ from those of commercial strains may enable the more intense and complex development of aromatic compounds.
Limited health risksproducers of raw milk cheeses need to manage their associated health risks. The research team showed that the microbial combinations present in traditional cheeses were able to to protect them--both in the paste and on the surface--from dangerous pathogens notably Listeria monocytogenes.
and ripen certain raw milk cheeses also appeared to be protected by a complex microbial biofilm limiting contamination by redoubtable pathogens such as Salmonella Listeria monocytogenes Escherichia coli o157/H7 and Staphylococcus aureus.
Between traditional and industrial cheesestraditional raw milk cheeses have undeniable advantages but the effects of their consumption on human health are still unknown.
Nevertheless studies performed on raw milk have demonstrated that its consumption can protect against allergies asthma hay fever and more generally atopic sensitisation.
Industrial manufacturers seek to diversify their products by adding selected strains to milk from which the native microflora have been removed.
Raw milk AOP3 cheeses are currently the best traditional cheeses available. They have all the characteristics generally used to describe traditional food products:
Raw milk AOP cheeses frequently come from mountainous areas and are produced mainly in small processing units.
The name traditional cheese can also extend to cheeses produced using milk whose native microbiota has been eliminated by different treatments applied to the milk
if they are produced on a farm or in small units if they are inoculated with a variety of acidifying yeasts
#Factors leading to diabetes may contribute to milk supply problems for new mothersnew studies provide fresh evidence that the same factors that lead to diabetes contribute to low milk supply in some new mothers.
In a study to be presented May 5 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical center researchers discovered that problems with mothers'insulin metabolism may affect their milk production.
The study found that women diagnosed with low milk supply were 2. 5 times more likely to have experienced gestational diabetes compared to women seen at the clinic solely
We need to better understand how we can identify mothers at risk for low milk supply
and especially elevated fasting plasma glucose in the pre-diabetic range were all predictors of insufficient milk supply in women attempting to exclusively breastfeed.
The single most important factor in building a strong milk supply is frequent and thorough breastfeeding beginning at birth she says.
whether metformin by improving insulin action in the mammary gland will boost milk production in pre-diabetic mothers diagnosed with low milk supply.
#Summer grazing enables high milk yield of dairy cowspart-time grazing is a good alternative to full-time silage diet of dairy cows.
Grazing is also a visible part of ethical milk production. When planned properly the milk yields of rotationally-grazed dairy cows remain as high at pasture as in indoor feeding.
Auvo Sairanen M. Sc. Agriculture & Forestry) Senior Researcher at the MTT Agrifood Research Finland detected in his doctoral dissertation study that the principles of feeding planning normally used for silage feeding also apply to grazing.
Dietary experiments provide information of forage digestibilitythe objective of the doctoral dissertation was to seek dietary factors that limit the milk yield of grazing cows.
In milk yield experiments the yield responses to concentrate supplementation were defined facilitating economic comparison between grazing
Judging by changes in the milk production and live weight of cows 20 kg of dry matter per day per hectare at pasture is not enough for per cow
The USDA recommends children age 4-8 get 1000 milligrams of calcium per day the equivalent of about 3. 5 8-ounce glasses of milk or 4. 5 ounces of cheese.
In addition to dairy products other calcium-rich foods include tofu sardines salmon and some green vegetables. The study underscores the work of previous researchers who have shown that many African american children do not get the recommended levels of calcium in their diet.
Twenty percent of participating children consumed no milk in their diet whatsoever and 55 percent consumed less than one serving of milk per day.
if Europe were to decrease its consumption of meat and dairy products. It shows how much cutting down on meat
and dairy in our diets would reduce nitrogen air and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while freeing up large areas of farmland for other purposes such as food export or bioenergy.
and dairy is considerably higher than that from plant-based products. If all people within the EU would halve their meat
and dairy consumption this would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 25 to 40%and nitrogen emissions by 40%.
The present study shows that there is huge power for pollution control in simply reducing our meat and dairy consumption.
#Soy-dairy protein blend increases muscle mass, study showsa new study published online in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows additional benefits of consuming a blend of soy
and dairy proteins after resistance exercise for building muscle mass. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch found that using a protein blend of soy casein
This new research using state-of-the-art methodology builds on an earlier publication reporting that a soy-dairy blend extends muscle protein synthesis
Together these studies indicate that the use of soy-dairy blends can be an effective strategy for active individuals seeking products to support muscle health.
The protein beverages provided to study subjects consisted of a soy-dairy blend 25 percent isolated Dupont Danisco SUPRO soy protein 50 percent caseinate 25 percent whey protein isolate)
The study demonstrates that consuming a soy-dairy blend leads to a steady rise in amino acids the building blocks of muscle.
The data showed that the soy-dairy blend yields an increase in select amino acid delivery for about an hour longer than the use of whey protein alone.
Dairy-free milks including soy rice and almond ranked fifth and coconut water ranked eighth among the popular nonalcoholic beverage trends in restaurants for 2014.
Students take 10%less milk waste 29%more and may even stop eating school meals says Andrew Hanks Phd.
and replaced with skim milk. While this policy eliminated the added sugar in chocolate milk there were unexpected nutritional and economic backlashes.
The new Cornell Food and Brand Lab study by Andrew Hanks David Just and Brian Wansink found that eliminating chocolate milk from the elementary schools decreased total milk sales by 10%indicating that many
Even though more students were taking white milk they wasted 29%more than before. Nutritionally after the milk substitution students on average consumed less sugar
and fewer calories but also consumed less protein and calcium. Additionally the ban may have been a factor in a 7%decrease in District's Lunch Program participation.
Removing flavored milk from cafeterias decreases added sugar yet the economic and nutritional costs warrant reconsidering a less restrictive policy.
-I wouldn't recommend banning flavored milk unless you have a comprehensive plan in place to compensate for the lost nutrients
when kids stop drinking milk altogether. In conclusion co-author and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab Brian Wansink recommends There are other ways to encourage kids to select white milk without banning the chocolate.
Make white milk appear more convenient and more normal to select. Two quick and easy solutions are:
Put the white milk in the front of the cooler and make sure that at least 1/3 to 1/2 of all the milk is white.
Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Cornell Food & Brand Lab. Note:
Starches such as pasta rice bread and pastry and dairy products such as cream ice cream cheese and eggs were a no-no for almost 12 percent of respondents.
#First metritis vaccine protects dairy cowscornell scientists have created the first vaccines that can prevent metritis one of the most common cattle diseases.
which floods the whole body with antibiotics rather than just a specific region said Rodrigo Bicalho assistant professor of dairy production medicine at the College of Veterinary medicine.
An effective vaccine against uterine diseases will have a significant positive impact on the dairy industry limiting the use of antibiotics and decreasing economic losses due to these disorders.
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