Milk: the Mammary Gland and Its Secretion (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Milk: The Mammary Gland and its Secretion 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME II 6
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 10
Part V: Nutrition of the Lactating Animal 12
Chapter 13. NUTRITION OF THE LACTATING WOMAN 14
I. Introduction 14
II. Diet Surveys and Feeding Experiments 18
III. Nutritional Kequirements in Lactation 31
IV. Lactation and Health 51
V. Summing Up 53
References 54
Chapter 14. NUTRITION OF LACTATING FARM ANIMALS 58
I. Introduction 58
II. Digestion, Absorption and Gastro-intestinal Synthesis 58
III. Nutritional Eequirements and Related Metabolism 61
Eeferences 93
Chapter 15. METABOLIC DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH LACTATION 100
I. Introduction 100
II. Parturient Paresis 100
III. Hypomagnesaemia 106
IV. Bovine Ketosis 112
V. Conclusions 137
References 139
Chapter 16. DIETARY EEQUIREMENTS FOR LACTATION IN THE RAT AND OTHER LABORATORY ANIMALS 148
I. Introduction 149
II. Protein Eequirement 151
III. Mineral (Elements) Eequirements 161
IV. Water-soluble Vitamin Eequirements 171
V. Fat-soluble Vitamin and Lipid Eequirements 183
VI. Water and Calorie Eequirements 189
VII. Summary 192
References 196
Part VI: Nutritional Value of Milk 204
Chapter 17. THE COMPOSITION OF MILK AND THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ITS COMPONENTS 206
I. Introduction 207
II. Lactose and Other Carbohydrates 211
III. Milk Proteins and Other Nitrogenous Constituents 215
IV. Minerals 227
V. Milk Fat 230
VI. Dissolved Gases of Milk 238
VII. Some Physical and Other Properties of Milk 238
VIII. Factors Influencing the Composition of Milk 241
IX. Vitamins 255
X. Milk in the Diet of Man 266
XI. Conclusion 268
References 268
Chapter 18. HUMAN MILK AND COW'S MILK IN INFANT NUTRITION 276
I. Introduction 276
II. Constituents and Properties of Human Milk 285
III. Physiological Value of Human Milk 285
IV. Physiological Value of Cow's Milk in Infant Feeding 307
V. Dietary Requirement of Infants 311
References 314
Chapter 19. LACTATION AND THE GROWTH OF THE YOUNG 316
I. Introduction 316
II. The Biology of Lactation 317
III. The Regulation of Lactation 323
IV. The Maturity of the Young 333
V. Milk as Food for the Young 343
VI. Conclusions 366
References 367
Chapter 20. IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COLOSTRUM 374
I. Transfer of Immunity from Mother to Offspring in Different Animal Species 374
II. Colostrum and the Farm Animal 378
III. Colostrum and Disease 385
References 390
AUTHOR INDEX 394
SUBJECT INDEX 414