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Seminar – Roughage and milk quality
Janne Karin BrodinQuestions have been raised concerning milk and milk products because the high saturated fat content has been associated with cardiovascular disease as well as cancer. Research concludes that several components in milk can promote good health.
On the 23rd of June 2011, Bioforsk and UMB are giving a seminar at Ås where the scientists will present results from the comprehensive research project PhytoMilk (Potential improvement of the salutary effect of organic dairy milk by forage species and by supplementation), financed by the “Core Organic Funding Body Network”.
Scientists from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will present their results. The seminar is free and open to all. Among other topics, there will be lectures on the possible health-promoting effects of bioactive components in milk.
Photo: Janne Brodin
Milk and what the cow eats
Due to the increased roughage content in the ration, with a high percentage of legumes and other herbs, ecologically produced milk is more and differently affected by the roughage content than conventionally produced milk, which is most often based on grass silage.
Information has been gathered on the chemical properties of ecologically produced milk, with a focus on the connection between cultivating and using grasslands and health-inducing properties in milk. At the seminar, several lectures will address this topic.
We want to present new knowledge, but several new questions have also been raised, says senior scientist Håvard Steinshamn at Bioforsk Økologisk. He has led the Norwegian part of this comprehensive research programme. The programme has lasted for four years, and has involved around fifteen scientists and PhD students from four Nordic countries.
The aim of the project has been to:
- Investigate how different plant species in grassland and pastureland influence the fatty acid pattern and content of bioactive components such as vitamin E tocopherols, carotenoids, selenium and phytoestrogens in ecologically produced milk
- Investigate the biological activity of collected dairy milk samples from the Nordic countries on normal cells and on cancer cells
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Final date for registration: June 6th
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Updated: 06.06.11
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