Nutrition And Biochemistry of Milk/Maintenance

Lactation: A Comprehensive Treatise, Volume III: Nutrition and Biochemistry of Milk/Maintenance focuses on the nutrition and biochemistry of milk and its constituents, including the nutritional aspects of milk as a food and nutritional maintenance of lactation in those species from which milk is utilized as a source of human food.

This book is divided into two parts-biochemistry of milk and its nutritive quality and maintenance of lactation. In these parts, this volume specifically discusses the differences among species in milk composition; significance of polymorphism; pesticide residues in bovine milk; and transfer of radiostrontium into milk. The role of the mammary gland in the immune system; methodology of diagnosis of milk hypersensitivity; and metabolic defects in galactose metabolism are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the factors affecting nutritional requirements of lactating animals and shape of the lactation curve.

This publication is useful to biologists, food technologists, and college students interested in lactation research.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Content of Other Volumes
Part I. Biochemistry of Milk and its Nutritive Quality
Chapter One / The Composition of Milk
I. Introduction
II. The Constituents of Milk
III. Differences among Species in Milk Composition
IV. Variations in the Composition of Bovine Milk
References
Chapter Two / Genetic Variants of the Milk Proteins
I. Introduction
II. Molecular Basis for Milk Protein Variations
III. Significance of Polymorphism
IV. Biological Functions of the Milk Proteins
V. A Prospectus on Future Research in Milk Protein Chemistry
References
Chapter Three / General Environmental Contaminants Occurring in Milk
I. Introduction
II. Pesticide Residues in Bovine Milk
III. Pesticide Residues in Human Milk
IV. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's)
V. Residual Drugs
VI. Certain Metals and Their Appearance in Milk
References
Chapter Four / Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of the Accumulation of Contaminant Radionuclides in Milk
I. Introduction
II. Transfer of Radioiodine into Milk
III. Transfer of Radiostrontium into Milk
IV. Transfer of Radiobarium into Milk
V. Transfer of Radiocesium into Milk
VI. Transfer of Other Radionuclides into Milk
VII. Summary
References
Chapter Five / Immunoglobulins of the Mammary Secretions
I. Introduction
II. Characteristics of Lacteal Immunoglobulins
III. Transport, Synthesis, and Localization of Immunoglobulins in the Mammary Glands
IV. The Role of the Mammary Gland in the Immune System
V. Summary
References
Chapter Six / Immunological Problems of Milk Feeding
I. Introduction
II. Symptomatology
III. Milk Components Related to Immunological Responses
IV. Immunoglobulins and Milk Hypersensitivity
V. Methodology of Diagnosis of Milk Hypersensitivity
VI. Alteration of Milk Proteins and Their Effect on Symptomatology
VII. Secondary Problems Arising from the Immunological Response
VIII. Summary
References
Chapter Seven / Milk in Human Nutrition
I. General Introduction
II. Milk for Infant Feeding
III. Milk for the Elderly
IV. Lactose Intolerance
V. Metabolic Defects in Galactose Metabolism
VI. Diet and Cardiovascular Disease
References
Part II. Maintenance of Location
Chapter Eight / Nutritional Requirements for Lactation
I. Introduction
II. Nutrients Required for Lactation
III. Factors Affecting Nutritional Requirements of Lactating Animals
IV. Systems of Expressing Energy Requirements
V. Tables of Nutritional Requirements for Lactation
VI. Summary
References
Chapter Nine / Environmental and Genetic Factors in the Development and Maintenance of Lactation
I. Introduction
II. The Shape of the Lactation Curve
III. The Yields of Milk, Fat, Protein, Lactose, Minerals, Solids-Not-Fat, and Total Solids
IV. The Qualitative Composition of the Solid Components of Milk
V. The Potential Contribution to be Expected from Species Other than the Bovine
VI. Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index