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The Society of Dairy Technology (SDT) has joined with Blackwell Publishing to produce a series of technical dairy-related handbooks providing an invaluable resource for all those involved in the dairy industry; from practitioners to technologists working in both traditional and modern larged-scale dairy operations.

Brined cheeses such as feta and halloumi have seen a large increase in popularity and as a result, increasing economic value. Over the past two decades the dairy industry has carried out much research into starter cultures alongside technological developments, widening the range of brined cheese products available to consumers worldwide.

The third title in the SDT series, Brined Cheeses gathers research on this important range of cheese varieties from around the world into a single volume, offering the reader:

• A practically-oriented and user-friendly guide
  
• Key commercially important information
  
• Coverage of all the major stages of manufacture
  
• Background to each variety
  
• Review of how different varieties are utilised in different countries

Edited by Adnan Tamime, with contributions from international authors and full of core commercially useful information for the dairy industry, this book is an essential title for dairy scientists, dairy technologists and nutritionists worldwide. ... Read more

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Originally published in ca. 1896.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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With nearly every supermarket now featuring an “organic” section, the demand for organically grown meat and dairy products has risen rapidly in recent years. Small farmers have taken note, and many more beginners are considering cattle as a viable farm commodity. Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle is the essential handbook for this growing audience.

Heather Smith Thomas, a lifelong cattle rancher and author of several previous books for more experienced farmers, offers a succinct layperson’s guide to the basics of raising a small herd of cattle, whether for meat or dairy products. She outlines organic and natural farming methods and covers all the information needed to get started and be successful.

Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle encourages new and beginning farmers to start small, and start right. Thomas explains as simply as possible the basics of selecting and raising a calf, along with feeding, shelter, and care guidelines. She also covers breeding and calving, as well as tips for managing a herd throughout the seasons. There’s basic health care information for preventing disease and addressing common ailments. For those raising beef cattle, Thomas offers guidelines for butchering; for those raising dairy cattle, there are step-by-step guidelines on milking.

With a whole new generation returning to the farm who don’t have a family history of farming, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattleis a much-needed resource. Heather Smith Thomas has devoted her life to passing on the knowledge, understanding, and attitude necessary to become a successful farmer. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Informative read--both for raising beef and dairy cattle
Though I haven't read any other cattle books to compare it to, I found Heather Smith Thomas's Getting Started with Beef and Dairy Cattle informative and surprisingly detailed for its size. Noticing the "Getting Started" part of the title, I expected the scope of this book to be considerably limited and read more like a Dummy's how-to guide. It was, in fact, anything but shallow. The detail put into the medical section was particularly impressive; Heather writes about numerous ailments that can afflict your cattle, including which cattle are the most susceptible, how to prevent it, and how to treat it. The book also includes a brief glossary, and concise descriptions and color photos of beef and dairy breeds.
Personally, I picked up this book for the dairy information, but actually found information within the beef chapters that applied to cattle management in general. (If you buy this book for the dairy or beef information exclusively, be sure to read the book in its entirety, rather than skip around.)
As another customer said, I wish Heather had been more detailed concerning nutrition. She's pretty general, discussing carbs and where they're found, for example, rather than giving you an idea of what cattle's daily diet might look like.
This book definitely has something to offer and is well worth looking into!

Good, informative book
This book was very informative for my neighbor and myself who bought 3 calves each to raise for beef.Feeding specifications were pretty general, but informative.See your local farmers coop for help picking out a good feed for your animals if you don't know what you are quite doing yet.Our local MFA proved to be very helpful.

The book has and EXCELLENT section on the health and wellness of your cow.I learned more than I would of ever imagined in this section of the book.There is a rather extensive section of book pertaining to dairy cows, which I read anyway and it was very informative.

The suggestions that were given in this book were very handy for an amatuer farmer such as myself.Would recommend for anyone buying/owning their cow!

Getting Started With Beef and Dairy Cattle
I started reading it right away and realized it was over my head.But then as I continued through it, I knew there was too much information for just a quick read.I gave it to my husband, and he's going through it now. Since he works offshore, he's able to read and reread and even read again those parts that are 'foreign' to us.But once you've eliminated the parts that won't pertain to your cattle, it's a great book.There's almost enough to make it 2 separate books so it would be easier on a novice.It's a book every "wanna be" cattleperson should read.

Fantastic--as usual!
I have a number of Heather Smith Thomas' horse books as well as Storey's Gude to Raising Cattle and I think this is one of Heather's best so far. As is typical of her writing (and Storey books in general), everything is presented in an orderly, interesting, and easily absorbed manner--the great illustrations are icing on the cake! I have only one bovine, a pet steer at that, yet the cattle care information in this volume was as applicable to my one steer as it would be to a herd of farmed beef cattle. This is by far the most useful small-scale cattlekeeping guide I've yet seen. Highly recommended! ... Read more

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Operation Flood is an ambitious dairy development program begun in India in the 1970's wherein surplus dairy commodities donated by European nations are recombined with local milk for sale to consumers.Proceeds are invested in dairy production and marketing infrastructure to enhance productivity while directing income benefits to the poor. The author here appraises the policy and concludes that the operation's emphasis on high-speed, high-cost discontinuous development through imported technology is detrimental to India's dairy economy and that less expensive indigenous alternatives are better suited to India's needs. ... Read more

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The seventh edition of this classic text offers expanded material on traditional Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) records, a new chapter on the computer as a dairy management tool, increased coverage of financial management, and thoroughly revised chapters on dairy nutrition that include the latest concepts in protein nutrition, forage evaluation, and feeding management. Like previous editions, the text focuses on showing how to use current tools and practices of successful dairy herd managers to produce and market milk and cattle more profitably. ... Read more

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Summarizes issues re: BGH and Rotational Grazing.
"A very useful overview of current data and literature on two important emerging technologies in dairying. It should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the future of dairying or in intensive rotational grazing. Even more important, it provides a glimpse of something we need much more of in the land-grant systems: interdisciplinary ex ante assessments of emerging technologies. I particularly admire the notion... that emerging technologies should be assessed comparatively, since comparisons can best help policymakers, scientists, farmers & citizens make more informed choices. F.H. Buttel, Amer. J. of Alt. Agric. 9(1-2):88. ... Read more

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An analysis of the potential effect of two biotechnologies - multiple ovulation and embryo transfers (MOET), and recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) - on the dairy industry around the world. ... Read more

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"Milk and products made from it affect the lives of a large proportion of the world’s population. Many dairy products are consumed at times and in places far removed from the point at which the milk was produced. This is made possible by the chemical and physical treatments and fractionations applied to milk by modern technology. These treatments are designed to preserve the nutritional value of the milk constituents in the form of palatable products. As food technology in general becomes more advanced and more sophisticated, there is less need for specific commodity technology; on the other hand, there is more need for specific knowledge of raw materials and the effects of various processing treatments on them." —From the Preface to Dairy Chemistry and Physics ... Read more

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Mastitis in dairy herds is a worldwide problem, with significant implications for milk yields and quality, economic losses and animal health and welfare. Effective control makes a considerable difference to the farmer and the animal, and this new edition includes updated information throughout, as well as new chapters, covering organic dairy herds, dry period infections, robotic milking, residue avoidance and best practice procedures. The authors provide basic principles relevant to farmers, veterinarians and veterinary students in a clear and practical way, covering anatomy, epidemiology, milking machines, disinfection, somatic cell counts and diseases of the udders and teats in order to provide a thorough understanding of the causes of mastitis and measures of control and prevention. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1909.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Product quality and a sustainable food chain of ruminant products are largely determined by animal nutrition, in which forage is the major feed source. Forages and grasslands play a unique role in agriculture because they contribute through animals to our food supply and to the abatement of environmental problems. Interest in grassland management and grass utilization for dairy production in temperate and subtropical regions has recently led to considerable research efforts. In the past this research often emphasized on plant and animal aspects separately. However, the interrelationship between pasture and the grazing ruminant is a dynamic, two-way process. Many people are not aware of these complex relations, and scientists often focus on either soil-plant interactions, plant production, animal nutrition, animal production or product quality issues.

This book contains the contributions of active researchers and leading experts in the field of grassland management and grass utilization. Chapters are arranged in an order that allows progressive development within the food chain, moving from the big picture to basic principles of grassland management and effects on herbage quality, intake and nutrient flows.

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This widely used reference has been updated and revamped to reflect the changing face of the dairy industry.New features allow users to pinpoint nutrient requirements more accurately for individual animals. The committee also provides guidance on how nutrient analysis of feed ingredients, insights into nutrient utilization by the animal, and formulation of diets to reduce environmental impacts can be applied to productive management decisions.

The book includes a user-friendly computer program on a compact disk, accompanied by extensive context-sensitive "Help" options, to simulate the dynamic state of animals.

The committee addresses important issues unique to dairy science-the dry or transition cow, udder edema, milk fever, low-fat milk, calf dehydration, and more. ... Read more

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The widely used previous edition has been brought fullyup-to-date by authors with a worldwide reputation for excellence. Fromthe basicdescriptions of 'how to' complete each stage of theprocess, rightthrough to the details of the causes and remediationof faults, thisbook covers all the areas required by theprofessional cheesemaker,including raw materials; separation;texturing and drainingequipment; molding machinery and presses; andother types ofequipment and packaging machinery. This highlypractical book iswritten specifically for those involved withcommercial cheesemaking- either directly or as ingredient orequipment suppliers. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

enjoyable
did try what it says and it was fun ( did not eat the cheese)

If you are a Cheesemaker, this is the book for you.
This is the latest edition of the authoritative text on Cheesemaking. Not an introductory or beginners book but if you already have some knowledge of Cheesemaking this will be a valuable reference to new Cheeses to make andimprovements to your current Cheeses.

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This book is back in print please get back to me on availibility.

Sorry for this obscure method but you make it hard to send email. ... Read more

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Better validation of indigenous domestic animal genetic resources is becoming more important with regard to the potential of livestock for poverty alleviation and income generation. To improve indigenous breeds for sustainable income and employment generation, the methods to be employed are the same as developed in systematic breeding programs, be it for cross-breeding or selective breeding within a specific breed. This book systematically introduces the reader to the breed improvement theory and illustrates the theory with practical examples and case studies. The book is addressed to animal science teachers, to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to decision makers in the state and central livestock departments. ... Read more