Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Part 1 Ensuring the safety and quality of milk on the farm  1.Pathogens affecting raw milk from cows: Claire Verraes, Sabine Cardoen and Wendie Claeys, Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain; and Lieve Herman, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium;
2.Detecting pathogens in milk on dairy farms: key issues for developing countries: Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Johanna Lindahl, Sara Ahlberg and Ram Pratim Deka, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya;
3.dairy;environmental impact;good dairy farming practice;livestock;pathogens: P. Moroni, Cornell University, USA and University of Milano, Italy; F. Welcome, Cornell University, USA; and M. F. Addis, Porto Conte Ricerche, Italy;
4.Chemical contaminants in milk: Bernadette O’Brien and Kieran Jordan, Teagasc, Ireland;
5.Detecting and preventing contamination of dairy cattle feed: Delia Grace, Biosciences eastern and central African Hub - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya, and Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses, Kansas State University, USA; Johanna Lindahl, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Erastus Kang’ethe, University of Nairobi, Kenya; and Jagger Harvey, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya, and Kansas State University, USA;
6.Minimizing the development of antimicrobial resistance on dairy farms: appropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of mastitis: Pamela L. Ruegg, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;
7.Managing sustainable food safety on dairy farms: Réjean Bouchard; Helen Dornom, Dairy Australia, Australia; Anne-Charlotte Dockès, Institut de l’Élevage, France; Nicole Sillett, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Canada; and Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation, USA;
Part 2 Sustainability 8.‘Towards’ sustainability of dairy farming: an overview: Norman R. Scott and Curt Gooch, Cornell University, USA;
9.Setting environmental targets for dairy farming: Sophie Bertrand, French Dairy Inter-branch Organization, France;
10.Grassland management to minimize the environmental impact of dairy farming: Margaret E. Graves and Ralph C. Martin, University of Guelph, Canada;
11.Improved energy and water management to minimize the environmental impact of dairy farming: J. Upton, E. Murphy and L. Shalloo, Teagasc, Ireland; M. Murphy, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland; and I.J.M. De Boer and P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
12.Ensuring biodiversity in dairy farming: Ben Tyson, Central Connecticut State University, USA; Liza Storey and Nick Edgar, New Zealand Landcare Trust, New Zealand; Jonathan Draper, Central Connecticut State University, USA; and Christine Unson, Southern Connecticut State University, USA;
13.Organic dairy farming and sustainability: Florian Leiber, Adrian Muller, Veronika Maurer, Christian Schader and Anna Bieber, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland;
14.Trends in dairy farming and milk production: the case of the United Kingdom and New Zealand: Alison Bailey, Lincoln University, New Zealand;
15.Assessing the overall impact of dairy farming: J. P. Hill, Fonterra Cooperative Group, New Zealand;Part 3 Improving quality, safety and sustainability in developing countries
16.Improving smallholder dairy farming in tropical Asia: John Moran, Profitable Dairy Systems, Australia; 17.Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa: J. M. K. Ojango, R. Mrode, A. M. Okeyo, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; J. E. O. Rege, Emerge-Africa,