Researchers at Cornell University have found that a diet that includes some dairy and meat is more efficient in terms of the amount of land used to produce it than a strict vegetarian diet. Even though a moderate-fat plant-based diet with a little meat and dairy uses more land than the all-vegetarian diet it feeds more people because it uses … Read More
Site Offers Tools to Address Vet Shortage
There’s a new website out there that is attempting to deal with this country’s critical shortage of large animal veterinarians. The site includes resources for veterinary medicine colleges, state associations, allied partners and the agricultural industry. Today, only about 17 percent of veterinarians work in food supply, which includes private and public practice veterinarians involved in the entire food chain … Read More
Plant Protein Could Fight Mastitis
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing a plant-produced, therapeutic protein, which thwarts bacteria that cause inflammatory udder disease in dairy cows. They turned a laboratory-produced plant virus into a delivery vehicle that carries a specific gene. The target gene expresses large quantities of a protein called CD14. When the virus reproduces itself inside plant cells, it generates CD14. The … Read More
Honeybee Mystery Solved?
The mysterious death of American honeybees may have been solved. Scientists suspect that the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus may be to blame for the American Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Although the scientists behind the research cautioned that they haven’t yet cracked the case, their study provides enough curious coincidences to keep even the fictional detective (and beekeeper) Sherlock Holmes buzzing. … Read More
Milk Builds More Muscles
New research has shown that drinking milk after a workout can help the exerciser gain more muscle and lose more fat than sports drinks. The reason, researchers believe, is that, in addition to liquid for hydration and carbohydrates for energy, milk is also rich in protein, while sports drinks contain little or no protein. “The protein in milk is high … Read More
Addition to Wisc. Dairy Facility
The University of Wisconsin-Madison broke ground last week on an addition to the Integrated Dairy Research facility. The new $5.1 million dollar modern facility will replace the Arlington Blaine Unit which was built in 1972. The new facility will be equipped with cutting edge technology allowing it to provide investigations and applied research studies on a diverse number of issues, … Read More
Coconut Oil to Reduce Methane?
Marcus Hollmann, Michigan State University, was awarded the 2007 National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) National Dairy Leadership Scholarship and the Murray Hintz Memorial Scholarship to advance his research into reducing methane production by supplementing feed with coconut oil. The NMPF awards are given to graduate students who exhibit academic excellence and whose research demonstrates a strong, positive contribution to the … Read More
Dairy Intake Decreases Metabolic Syndrome
A new study released from Cardiff University suggests that an increased intake of milk and other dairy products may reduce metabolic syndrome, a condition characterized central obesity, hypertension, and disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism. The syndrome has been linked to increased risks of both type-2 diabetes and CVD. Peter Elwood and co-workers from Cardiff University studied the diet and incidence … Read More
Supplement Calcium Not as Effective
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that women who get most of their daily calcium from food have healthier bones than women whose calcium comes mainly from supplemental tablets. Adequate calcium is important to prevent osteoporosis, which affects an estimated 8 million American women and 2 million American men. Another 34 million Americans have low bone mass, … Read More
Calcium May Reduce Cancer
Another study has been published that suggests a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D can reduce the risk of women developing breast cancer prior to menopause. Great news! The study, published in today’s edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that the risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer was 35 to 40 percent lower in women with the highest … Read More