Dairy science

Dairy science

The scientific study of dairy and related disciplines including biochemistry, breeding, economics, engineering, environment, food science, genetics, microbiology, nutrition, pathology, physiology, processing, public health quality assurance, sanitation, microbiology and bacteriology.

Industry: Agriculture

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churning

Agriculture; Dairy science

The process of stirring and agitating cream in the process of making butter. Churning causes the fat globules in cream to clump together and separate from the liquid.

chronic

Agriculture; Dairy science

Used to describe recurring symptoms or disease.

clinical

Agriculture; Dairy science

Symptoms are present, supportive therapy or treatment is necessary.

colostrum

Agriculture; Dairy science

First milk following calving. High in fat, protein, and immunoglobulins that may be directly absorbed by the newborn calf in its first 24 hours of life.

commodity storage

Agriculture; Dairy science

Usually a steel framed shed that provides storage for commodity feeds, such as cottonseed, brewers grains, chopped hay, etc.

composting pad

Agriculture; Dairy science

A concrete or hard packed surface that provides an area on which manure and discarded feed may be composted with ready access to aerate the composting materials.