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Record Nr.

UNISA996197264303316

Titolo

Handbook of milk of non-bovine mammals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Young W. Park and George F.W. Haenlein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-281-31291-6

9786611312916

0-470-29378-0

0-470-99973-X

0-470-99972-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkYoung W

HaenleinGeorge F. W

Disciplina

636.0883

637/.17

Soggetti

Milk

Livestock

Dairying

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals; Contents; Contributing Authors; 1 Overview of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals; 2 Goat Milk; 2.1 Production of Goat Milk; 2.2 Goat Milk-Chemistry and Nutrition; 2.3 Goat Milk Products: Types of Products, Manufacturing Technology, Chemical Composition, and Marketing; 2.4 Flavor Characteristics of Goat Milk and Other Minor Species Milk Products; 2.5 Therapeutic and Hypoallergenic Values of Goat Milk and Implication of Food Allergy; 3 Sheep Milk; 4 Buffalo Milk; 4.1 Buffalo Milk Production; 4.2 Buffalo Milk Utilization for Dairy Products

4.3 Traditional Indian Dairy Products5 Mare Milk; 6 Camel Milk; 7 Yak Milk; 8 Reindeer Milk; 9 Sow Milk; 10 Llama Milk; 11 Minor Species Milk; 12 Human Milk; Index

Sommario/riassunto

No one can deny the fact that the cow is the primary dairy animal species to provide humans with nutritious dairy foods through its



abundance of lacteal secretion. The goat or other minor dairy species will never be able to compete with the cow in terms of the volume of milk production. Yet, the contribution of milks from other secondary domesticated dairy species to the survival and well-being of mankind around the world is immense and invaluable. Testament to the importance of non-bovine milk is that more people drink the milk of goats than that of any other single species in the world. In