Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis (MAP)
Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is a bacterium which causes Johne’s disease, also known as Paratuberculosis, in ruminant animals including cattle, sheep, deer, goats and buffalo. Find out more about the many control programmes that are undertaken at the dairy farm level all over the world to reduce the incidence of MAP in milking animals.
Microbial food cultures
This factsheet provides information on fermentation, microbial food cultures and also presents what the dairy industry is doing.
Listeria Monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that causes a disease called listeriosis. How does this affect the dairy industry and what is being done to minimise the risks?
Lactoperoxidase System
What is lactoperoxidase? Why should it be used and what are the issues?
Food Additives
What are food additives ? Why are food additives used ? … and more information on safety of food additives in this fact sheet prepared by the IDF Standing Committee on Food Additives.
Feed Associated Mycotoxins in the dairy chain: Occurrence and control
The importance of mycotoxins in the dairy industry and their management.
Factsheet on IDF, providing an overview of its role in the global dairy sector.
Factsheet on IDF, providing an overview of its role in the global dairy sector
Economic Importance of Dairying
The Economic Importance of Dairying factsheet provides information on dairy production, trade and employment around the world.
Dairy Products and Allergies
Food allergies – also referred to as hypersensitivities – can be defined as exaggerated reactions by the immune system to food components it considers as intruders. The food allergen is generally a protein or an amino-acid sequence. Food allergies can be explained as breakdowns in the body’s normal immune response (which usually tolerates food proteins). […]
Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production (2008)
The Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production was elaborated by a project group composed of experts, members of the IDF Standing Committees on Farm Management and Animal Health as well as representatives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
