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Milk Quality Resources:
Changes in fatty acid composition of milk from lactating dairy cows during transition to and from pasture R.C. Khanal, et. al. Livestock Science (2007)
Comparing the fatty acid composition of organic and convetional milk K.A. Ellis, et. al. Journal of Dairy Science 89: 1938-1950, 2006
Converting to organic dairy farming: Consequences for production, somatic cell scores and calving interval of first pairty Holstein cows W.J. Nauta, et. al. Livestock Science 99 (2006)185-195
Effect of production system and geographic location on milk quality parameters G. Butler, et. al. 3rd QLIF Congress, Hohenheim, Germany March 20-23, 2007
Fat-soluble vitamin contents and fatty acid compostion in organic and conventional Italian dairy products Paolo Gergamo, et. al. Food Chemistry 82 (2003) 625-631
Herd-level factors associated with isolation of Salmonella in multi-state study of convetional and organic dairy farms C.P. Fossler, et. al. Preventative Veterinary Medicine 70 (2005)257-277
Influence of organic diet on the amount of conjugated linoleic acids in breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands Lukas Rist, et. al. British Journal of Nutrition (2007) 97, 735-743
Nutritional factors affecting the fatty acid compostion of bovine milk R.J. Mansbridge and J.S. Blake British Journal of Nutrition (1997) 78, Suppl. 1. S37-S47
Organic dairy farmers' decision making in the first 2 years after conversion in relation to mastitis treatments Mette Vaarst, et. al. Livestock Production Science 80 (2003) 109-120
Organic feed makes the immune system more alert
Trans18:1 and 18:2 isomers in blood plasma nd milk fat of grazing cows fed a grain supplement containing solvent-extracted or mechanically extracted soybean meal J.J. Loor, et. al. 2002 Journal of Dairy Science 85:1197-1207
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