Milk Quality
Publications and Articles

Purdue Publications

Bacteria	Bovine Somatotrophin	Equipment/Function
Lactation & Milking	Milk Composition	Quality Control
Somatic Cell Count

Page was updated on 10/15/07

Purdue Publications

• Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals (Purdue University)
• BST in Milk (Purdue University)
• Controlling Food Safety Using the HACCP Approach and Prerequisite Programs (Purdue University)
• Improve Profitability by Improving Management: Capture Milk Quality Premiums (Purdue University)
• Listeria Monocytogenes: Survival of the Fittest (Purdue University)

Bacteria

• Development of a DNA Amplification Assay for Detection of Mycoplasma Species in Bulk Tank Milk (University of Illinois)
• Listeria Food Poisoning (Virginia Tech)
• Listeria Monocytogenes: Survival of the Fittest (Purdue University)
• Presence of Listeria in Bulk Tank Milk (Virginia Tech)
• Salmonella, Listeria, E. Coli and Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis in Milk: Is there Cause for Concern? (University of Wisconsin)
• Staph Aureus and Bulk Tank Culturing (University of Alberta)

Bovine Somatotropin

• BST and Mastitis (Virginia Tech)
• BST and Our Milk Supply (Rutgers University)
• BST in Milk (Purdue University)
• BST Supplementation in Holstein Cows Utilizing Ryegrass Pasture As Their Primary Forage (Mississippi State University)
• Can You Afford to Use Bovine Somatotrophin (Bovine Growth Hormone)? (University of Nebraska)
• Commonly Asked Questions about rbST (Kansas State University)
• Dairy Research and Bovine Somatotropin (University of Minnesota)
• Effects of Nutrition on Production and Pattern of Daily Milk Following Posilac^TM (University of Illinois)
• Growth Hormone: 1. Introduction and Production Responses (University of Alberta)
• Growth Hormone: 2. Milk Safety (University of Alberta)
• Human Health Aspects of bST Use (Cornell University)
• Illinois Farm Responses to BST (University of Illinois)
• Production Responses to bST in Northeast DHI Field Data (Cornell University)
• Suggestions for Bovine Somatotropin Use (Rutgers University)
• Using Bovine Somatotropin (BST) (University of Delaware)
• Will Bovine Somatotropin Be Profitable for You? (Rutgers University)

Equipment/Function

• Cleaning and Sanitizing Milking Equipment (Virginia Tech)
• Good Farm Equipment Sanitation Means Better Milk Quality Tests (Oregon State University)
• The Milking Machine (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)

Lactation & Milking

• Cloth Towels: "Cents-ible" for Udder Preparation (Virginia Tech)
• Gloves Anyone?? (Virginia Tech)
• Lactation and Milking: Glossary (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)
• Lactation Curves (University of Alberta)
• Milk Secretion in the Udder of a Dairy Cow (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)
• Milking Practices Recommended to Assure Milk Quality and Prevent Mastitis (Virginia Tech)
• Milking Procedure (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)
• Principles of Milking (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)
• Proper Milking Procedures (University of Florida)
• Recommended Milking Procedures (National Mastitis Council)
• The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Milking Routines (University of Wisconsin)
• Teat Disinfection Facts (National Mastitis Council)

Milk Composition

• Altering the Fatty Acid Composition of Milk Fat by Diet (University of Illinois)
• Dairy Decision Column (University of Illinois)
• Factors Affecting Fat Percent in Milk of Lactating Cows (University of Arkansas)
• Feeding for Milk Components and Profit (North Dakota State University)
• Feeding Strategies to Optimize Milk Protein (Cornell University)
• Feeding to Maximize Milk Solids (University of Missouri)
• Managing Milk Composition: Evaluating Herd Potential (New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, and Texas A & M University)
• Managing Milk Composition: Feed Additives and Production Enhancers (New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, and Texas A & M University)
• Managing Milk Composition: Maximizing Rumen Function (New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, and Texas A & M University)
• Managing Milk Composition: Normal Sources of Variation (New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, and Texas A & M University)
• Manipulating Milk Components - Canadian Style (University of Illinois)
• Manipulating Milk Composition: 1. The Effect of Feeding High Concentrate Rations (University of Alberta)
• Manipulating Milk Composition: 2. Feeding Oilseeds Alters Fat Composition (University of Alberta)
• Manipulating Milk Composition: 3. Feeding Rumen-Protected Whole Canola Seed (University of Alberta)
• Milk Composition and Nutritional Value (Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin)
• Milk Composition in the Cow (Cornell University)
• Milk Components: Understanding the Causes and Importance of Milk Fat and Protein Variation in Your Dairy Herd (Penn State University)
• Normal Variation Expected in Butterfat Tests (University of Kentucky)
• Nutritional and Management Factors Affecting Solids-Not-Fat, Acidity and Freezing Point of Milk (University of Florida)

Quality Control

• Aflatoxin M₁ in Milk (University of Nebraska)
• Animal Products: Contributors to a Safe Food Supply (University of Minnesota)
• Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals (Purdue University)
• Controlling Food Safety Using the HACCP Approach and Prerequisite Programs (Purdue University)
• Detecting and Correcting Off-Flavors in Milk (North Dakota State University)
• Disposing of Contaminated Milk (University of Illinois)
• Drug Residues: An Issue the Dairy Industry Must Eliminate (Rutgers University)
• The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Virginia Tech)
• The Freezing Point of Milk - A Potentially Hot Topic (Virginia Tech)
• Good Farm Equipment Sanitation Means Better Milk Quality Tests (Oregon State University)
• Improve Profitability by Improving Management: Capture Milk Quality Premiums (Purdue University)
• Mastitis Control Programs: Milk Quality Evaluation Tools for Dairy Farmers (North Dakota State Universtiy)
• Milk Quality (University of California)
• Milking Practices Recommended to Assure Milk Qualita and Prevent Mastitis (Virginia Tech)
• On-Farm Screening Tests for Beta-Lactam Residues in Milk (Oregon State University)
• On-Farm Tests for Drug Residues in Milk (Virginia Tech)
• Preventing Drug Residues in Milk and Cull Dairy Cows (Virginia Tech)
• The Production of Quality Milk (University of Florida)
• Production of Quality Milk Through Environmental Mastitis Control (University of Illinois)
• The Role of Selenium and Vitamin E in Milk Quality (University of Wisconsin)
• The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Milking Routines (University of Wisconsin)
• Spontaneous Oxidized Flavour in Milk (University of Alberta)
• Summer Management Practices That Affect Milk Quality (North Carolina State University)
• Tail Docking Procedures to Produce High Quality Milk (Mississippi State University)
• Testing Bulk Tank Milk Samples (Virginia Tech)
• Troubleshooting Milk Flavor Problems (Penn State University)
• Why Do Antibiotic Residues in Milk Happen? (Michigan State University)

Somatic Cell Count

• Are Somatic Cell Counts Increasing? (North Carolina State University)
• Can a Somatic Cell Count Be Too Low?? (Virginia Tech)
• Characteristics of Low Somatic Cell Count (SCC) Herds (Kansas State University)
• Guidelines for Using the DHI Somatic Cell Count Program (Virginia Tech)
• Herds With Low Somatic Cell Counts (Virginia Tech)
• Improve SCC to Boost Income (Texas A & M University)
• Information Can Be Derived From DHIA Somatic Cell Count Data (Virginia Tech)
• Is There a Relationship Between SCCs and Milk Prices? (North Carolina State University)
• Percent Contribution to the Bulk Tank - A DHIA Tool to Aid in the Control of Somatic Cell Count (South Dakota State University)
• Qualifying Milk Under Reduced Somatic Cell Count Limit (Virginia Tech)
• The Relationship Between Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts and Udder Infection Levels (North Carolina State University)
• Somatic Cell Count Benchmarks (University of Georgia)
• Somatic Cells Reduce Quality of Milk as well as Dairy Products (Virginia Tech)
• Speed of Greater Concern in Herds with High Somatic Cell Counts (Virginia Tech)
• Trouble Shooting Troublesome Somatic Cell Counts (University of Illinois)
• The Value and Use of Dairy Herd Improvement Somatic Cell Count (National Mastitis Council)