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Differences in pumping affect breast milk's nutritional value

(Medical Xpress) -- While feeding breast milk to a tiny preterm baby can be a serious challenge, new Stanford research shows that it may be well worth the effort: breast milk that is produced by a combination ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Milk consumption in adolescence may increase prostate cancer risk

(Medical Xpress) -- While people have been told for years about the importance of milk in a diet for children, a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that milk consumption in large quantities in ado ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Wine dregs shown to improve cows' milk

Feeding dairy cows the stems, seeds and skins from wine grapes boosts milk production and dramatically cuts the animal's methane emissions, Australian researched published Thursday shows.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Teaching skills key to selection of a successful model farmer

Farmer trainers should be selected based on their interest and ability to teach others rather than on their successes in implementing farming techniques, shows a new study led by Steve Franzel, a scientist at the World Agroforestry ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny new device will make milk safer

Milk is about to get a whole lot safer for consumers, thanks to Concordia University researchers who've developed a new instrument to detect harmful foreign substances in dairy and other products.

Technology / Other

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supplement aids milk production

(PhysOrg.com) -- Massey University research has led to the development of a calf supplement that can increase milk yield in dairy cows by up to 12 per cent.

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created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Argentine lab clones cow to produce human-like milk

An Argentine laboratory announced that it had created the world's first transgenic cow, using human genes that will allow the animal to produce the equivalent of mothers' milk.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk

As millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Traces of cow’s methane emissions in the milk

Wageningen University researchers in the Netherlands are able to determine cows' methane emissions using the composition of fatty acids in their milk. This opens up the prospect of a method for reducing methane production ...

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created May 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Formula-fed preemies at higher risk for dangerous GI condition than babies who get donor milk

Extremely premature babies fed human donor milk are less likely to develop the dangerous intestinal condition necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) than babies fed a standard premature infant formula derived from cow's milk, accor ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetically modified cows may one day produce human breast milk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China led by Ning Li, the director of the State Key Laboratories for AgroBiotechnology at the China Agricultural University, have created cow milk similar to human breast milk ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

Not all infant formulas are alike: Differential effects on weight gain

New findings from the Monell Center reveal that weight gain of formula-fed infants is influenced by the type of formula the infant is consuming. The findings have implications related to the infant's risk for the development ...

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created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

E. coli outbreak in Connecticut caused by raw milk consumption

Raw milk is consumed by an estimated 1-3 percent of the United States population. Raw milk and raw cheeses are responsible for almost 70 percent of reported dairy outbreaks. On July 16, 2008, the Connecticut Department ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Record keeping can help South Dakota dairies improve production and reduce emissions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Good record-keeping can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms and improve per-cow productivity.

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created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The revolution of dairy farming with automatic milking machines

This week heralds a new era in dairy farming with the revelation of the robotic rotary, a world first, developed by DeLaval in collaboration with the University of Sydney and Australia's FutureDairy project.

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created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0