Introduction

This title presents a thorough and accessible account of Dairy Chemistry and Animal Nutrition has undergone remarkable development in the last three decades, These developments, along with recent widespread application of the newest biomedical technologies, have imbues optimism that new strategies can developed for controlling the important diseases that for centuries have been the scourges of mankind.

The Role of Milk in Nature

The role of milk in nature is to nourish and provide immunological protection for the mammalian young. Milk has been a food source for humans since prehistoric times; from human, goat, buffalo, sheep, yak to the domesticated cow (genus Bos). Milk and honey are the only articles of diet whose sole function in nature is food.

Knowledge and Understanding

To those with a good knowledge of chemistry and physics, the various formulae and equations will prove useful, but it has been the endeavour of the author to treat the subject matter in such a manner as to enable the salient facts to be appreciated by those with only an elementary knowledge of these two subject contents.

Contents Overview

Introduction; Milk History, Consumption, Production, and Composition; Dairy Microbiology; Dairy Products: Overview and Fluid Milk Products; Milk Chemistry - An Introduction; Heat Treatments and Pasteurization; Chemicals; Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and other Metals; Condensed Milk and Milk Powder; Nutrition and Maintenance of Dairy.