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Dairy Council Digest Archives

MODERN DAIRY FARMING PRACTICES & MILK QUALITY: MYTHS & FACTS
Volume 78, Number 3 May/June 2007
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RELATED RESOURCES

• Dairy Farming Today. www.dairyfarmingtoday.org
• National Dairy Council. Ensuring dairy quality and safety from farm to refrigerator. Dairy Council Digest 73(2), 2002.
• National Dairy Council. Dairy food safety. www.nationaldairycouncil.org (under Nutrition & Product Information)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

National Dairy Council® assumes the responsibility for this publication. However, we would like to acknowledge the help and suggestions of the following reviewers in its preparation:

• Robert D. Byrne, Ph.D.
  Senior Vice President,
  Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
• Jamie Jonker, Ph.D.
  Director of Regulatory Affairs
  National Milk Producers Federation
  Arlington, VA
• M. Gatz Riddell, Jr., DVM
  Executive Vice President
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners
  Auburn, Alabama

The Dairy Council Digest® is written and edited by Lois D. McBean, M.S., R.D.

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Table of Contents:

• Summary

• Introduction

• Modern Dairy Farming Practices & Milk Quality: Myths & Facts

• Conclusion

• References