New Technologies for Efficient Dairy Farming

Author: Xu Zhaoxue / Xue Yunping (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The reform and opening-up have led to significant development in China's livestock industry, with egg and poultry (chicken, pork) production ranking among the top internationally for consecutive years. However, dairy production in China remains lagging. With the improvement of living standards, the demand for milk is expected to grow, especially in rural areas. Dairy cows are herbivores with high feed conversion efficiency, requiring extensive grazing and strong resilience. Given China's limited per capita arable land, relatively scarce feed resources, large areas of grasslands and slopes, and increasingly fragile and deteriorating ecological environments, the country has focused on adjusting the production structure within agriculture and livestock. Policies encourage returning farmland to grass and forests, leveraging rural feed advantages and the characteristics of ruminants to vigorously develop grain-saving dairy farming. Milk will become a popular consumer product, and the dairy industry will undoubtedly become a new growth point for the national economy.
China's dairy industry started its rapid development relatively late, so it is essential to adopt modern advanced technologies to transform traditional dairy farming practices into modern ones. This involves scientific feeding, management, and utilization to increase individual cow productivity and milk quality. To popularize scientific dairy farming techniques and address technical challenges in dairy production, this book has been compiled. From theoretical knowledge to practical applications, it provides detailed explanations on dairy cow nutrition needs and feeding standards, feed nutrition and ration formulation, feeding management, milking techniques and preliminary milk processing, dairy cow reproduction, health management and disease prevention, as well as the planning, construction, and environmental management of dairy farms.