Dairy Cow Nutrition and Milk Quality—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 90
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal health and milk quality; risk assessment of milk products; evaluation of milk bioactive compounds
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Interests: risk assessment; functional components in milk
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the COVID-19 pandemic, milk products became increasingly important for enhancing human health. There is a high demand for the improvement and evaluation of milk quality and animal welfare. The application of modern molecular technology in assessing dairy cow nutrition and milk quality will help to uncover the metabolic mechanisms in animal, milk, and human health functions. It will improve our understanding of milk not only as a source of normal dietary nutrients but also as a source of bioactive compounds with direct human health benefits.
Therefore, this Special Issue will publish papers on dairy cow nutrition and feeding, milk quality and safety, and bioactive compounds present in milk and their benefits for human health. It welcomes high-quality interdisciplinary studies pertaining to dairy animal husbandry and milk production. Original research articles and reviews will be accepted.
Prof. Dr. Jiaqi Wang
Prof. Dr. Nan Zheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dairy cow
- animal welfare
- milk production
- milk quality
- bioactive compounds
- human health
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