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Sources Of Psychrophilic Bacteria In A Dairy Plant With An Emphasis On Air, Kotha Madhava Rao

Masters Theses

[From the Introduction]

The dairy industry generally recognizes that the psychrophilic bacteria are those bacteria which can grow in milk and milk by-products at refrigerated temperatures. Although psychrophiles have been recognized since the latter part of the last century, they were of relatively little importance in the dairy industry, as long as the milk and milk products were consumed within a reasonably short period of time after production or processing.

The presence of psychrophilic bacteria in milk has been attracting increasingly more wide spread attention since the early 1950's because of the introduction of bulk tanks on the …

The Effect Of Methods Of Storage On The Gross Energy, Chemical Composition And Feeding Value Of Alfalfa, Guru Prasad Mohanty

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Production of good quality hay or silage and its proper storage without loss of the nutritive value is an important problem for dairy farmers. They are particularly interested in meeting the energy needs in feeding their herds for milk production. During the past decade there has been a substantial increase in the volume and intensity of research towards the nutritional and calorimetric aspects of cattle feeds. A number of unavoidable problems come in the way of their application causing financial disaster in today’s competitive economy of dairy farming. To increase milk production or to maintain a high level of production, …