Dairy Cattle Production, C3 (Hardcover)

Dairy cattle is the main producer of animal protein for the nutrition of the world's population. For farmers, peasants and nomads it is one of the fundamental sources of income and subsistence. This volume covers the world distribution of dairy cattle; breeding and feeding as the basis of milk production; milk composition and sanitary and health aspects from the nutritional view point; and management of dairy herds and dairy cattle in the tropics as milk production systems. Illustrations and figures, tables and main references are included for each chapter. Related information on the domestication of dairy cattle can be found in World Animal Science Vol. A1, on production systems in Vol. A2, on physiology of milk production in Vol. A3, on animal genetics in Vol. A4, on ethology and behaviour in Vol. A5, and on grassland production in Vol. B1. The volume is intended for teachers of dairy husbandry and graduate students, scientists, and officers and advisors working in the field of dairy cattle and milk production.