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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Nitrification

Agriculture; Dairy science

The biochemical oxidation of ammonium to nitrate, predominantly by autotrophic bacteria.

Organic

Agriculture; Dairy science

A substance that contains carbon and capable of sustaining life.

Silage

Agriculture; Dairy science

A feed prepared by chopping green forage (e.g. grass, legumes, field corn) and placing the material in a structure or container designed to exclude air. The material then undergoes fermentation, ...

Silo

Agriculture; Dairy science

A storage facility for silage. Usually referring to upright concrete or fibreglass silos.

Slotted floor

Agriculture; Dairy science

A concrete floor design in which slats are positioned in the floor so that cow traffic may work manure through the slats and into a pit beneath the floor of the barn.

Somatic cell count (SCC)

Agriculture; Dairy science

The number of white blood cells per millilitre of milk or measurement of the number of somatic cells present in a sample of milk. A high concentration of more than 500,000 somatic cells per ...