
The Microbiology, Pathogenesis and Zoonosis of Milk Borne Diseases
Milk Hygiene in Veterinary and Public Health
- 1st Edition - January 26, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Tanmoy Rana
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 0 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 0 6 - 5
The Microbiology, Pathogenesis, and Zoonosis of Milk Borne Diseases offers comprehensive coverage of milk-borne infection, diagnosis, and treatment. With a strong focus on milk h… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThis book also introduces the reader to the microbiology, pathogenesis, and zoonosis of milk-borne diseases. It not only describes the general aspects of milk-borne zoonosis and prevention, but also covers risk analysis, assessment, practice, and quality management in milk hygiene.
In 22 chapters, The Microbiology, Pathogenesis, and Zoonosis of Milk Borne Diseases provides researchers, academicians, industry professionals, and students with a better understanding on how to assess zoonotic diseases from milk-borne pathogens and address their clinical manifestations.
- Emphasizes the importance of milk hygiene to prevent milk-borne diseases
- Provides an overview of milk borne diseases, diagnosis, and treatment
- Identifies the various milk-borne zoonotic pathogens and their impact on public health
postgraduate students, researchers, academicians, in microbiology; and zoonotic diseases, industrialists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1. Milk hygiene
- 1. General principles and concepts of milk hygiene in public health
- Importance of milk and milk hygiene
- Definitions
- Sources of milk contamination
- Hygienic milk production
- Milk hygiene in relation to public health
- Way forward
- 2. State-of-the-art in milk processing for improvement of the quality of pasteurized milk and UHT milk
- Introduction
- The effect of pasteurization on pathogens
- Limiting factors
- Thermal processing methods
- High-Temperature Short Time (HTST)
- Low-Temperature long time (LTLT)
- Ultra-High Temperature (UHT)
- Thermization
- Extended shelf life milk products
- Non-thermal processing methods of milk
- Conclusions
- 3. Good hygienic practices of dairy equipment during milk production and processing in the milk plant
- Introduction
- Practices of hygienic milk production
- Sources of microbial contamination of milk
- Hygienic and quality milk handling
- Cleaning and disinfecting of utensils
- Determinants of milk quality
- Quality and hygienic milking practices and procedures
- Milking
- Milk storage and transport
- Conclusion
- 4. Principles and recent applications of novel nonthermal processing technologies in milk production
- Introduction
- Nonthermal technological processes applied to milk
- Conclusions
- 5. An insight on microbial flora of milk and milk products
- Introduction
- Sources of milk contamination
- Types of spoilage microorganisms
- Microbial spoilage of milk
- Microbial spoilage of milk products
- Beneficial microorganisms in milk and milk products
- Pathogenic microorganisms in milk and milk products
- Conclusion
- 6. Influence of production processes on assessment of safety and quality of fermented milk
- Introduction
- Quality control of fermented milk
- Factors influencing safety and quality of fermented milk
- Assessment of safety and quality of fermented milk
- Conclusion
- 7. Lactose intolerance and milk allergy
- Introduction
- Importance of lactose in the regular diet
- Types of lactose intolerance
- Symptoms of lactose intolerance
- Diagnosis of lactose intolerance and malabsorption
- Clinical management and therapeutic options
- Cow's milk allergy
- 8. Prevention and control of milk contamination, adulterants, antimicrobial residues, and agrochemicals
- Introduction
- Different sources of milk contamination and its public health impacts
- Control and prevention: implementing safe food practices
- 9. Clinical and subclinical mastitis
- Introduction
- Economic impact
- Etiology of mastitis
- Pathogenesis of mastitis
- Effect of mastitis on milk composition
- Types of mastitis
- Diagnosis of mastitis
- Treatment of mastitis
- Prevention of mastitis
- 10. Milk hygiene, udder health and management
- Introduction
- Udder health and management
- Clinical mastitis – Visible changes in animal udder seen like swelling, redness, hardness, painful, hot etc.
- Section 2. Milk-borne zoonosis
- 11. General introductory aspects of milk-borne zoonosis
- Introduction
- The significance of milk in the diet
- Milk as a vehicle of microbes
- First thought to milk-borne diseases
- History of milk-borne diseases
- Sources of contamination
- Myths about raw milk consumption
- Mechanism of action
- Types of illness
- Distribution of diseases
- Types of milk-borne zoonoses
- Economic impact
- Diagnosis of milk-borne zoonoses
- Prevention of milk-borne zoonoses
- Conclusions
- 12. Milk-borne viral zoonosis
- Introduction
- Sources of pathogens in milk and milk products
- Zoonotic risks of pathogens from milk and milk products
- Milk-borne viral infections
- Prevention and control of milk-borne viral diseases
- Conclusion
- 13. Milk-borne bacterial zoonosis
- Introduction
- Main sources of bacterial contamination of milk
- Transmission of zoonotic bacterial pathogens to humans via milk
- Milk-borne bacterial zoonoses
- Prevention and control of milk-borne bacterial zoonoses
- Difficulties in preventing and controlling milk-borne bacterial zoonoses
- The importance of safe milk production and consumption practices in protecting public health
- Conclusions
- 14. Milk borne mycotic zoonosis
- Aspergillosis
- Candidiasis
- Cryptococcosis
- Zygomycosis
- Mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis
- Aflatoxins
- Ochratoxin
- Fumonisins
- Zearalenone
- Prevention of mycotoxins
- Dilution
- Sorting
- Thermal processing
- Chemical treatment
- Irradiation
- Mycotoxin detoxifying agents
- 15. Milk-borne Rickettsia and Chlamydial Zoonosis
- Introduction
- Rickettsial agents
- Rickettsial diseases in humans and their animal hosts
- Chlamydial agents
- Host and clinical manifestation of various Chlamydial agents
- Role of milk and milk products
- Future perspectives
- 16. Milk-borne parasitic zoonoses
- Introduction
- Other zoonotic parasitic diseases spread through cross-contamination of milk and milk products
- Conclusion
- 17. Prevention and control of milk-borne zoonoses
- Introduction
- Milk-borne diseases bacterial diseases
- Milk-borne viral diseases
- Milk-borne fungal infections
- Milk-borne parasitic diseases
- Milk-borne protozoal diseases
- Milk-borne prionic diseases
- Major sources of contamination of milk
- Prevention and control of milk-borne zoonoses
- Conclusion
- 18. Antimicrobial therapy and the risk for antimicrobial resistance in milk-borne diseases
- Introduction
- The dairy industry and its structure
- Milk production and consumption
- Antimicrobial use in dairy production
- Antimicrobial use for growth promotion
- Potential bacterial milk-borne pathogens of concern in milk
- Antimicrobial resistance patterns of milk-borne pathogens
- Strategies for reducing indiscriminate antimicrobial use toward AMR containment in dairy production
- Conclusion
- Section 3. Milk quality, safety, and animal welfare
- 19. Animal welfare and public health in relation to milk hygiene
- Animal welfare in dairy farm
- Animal welfare evaluation
- Housing management
- Biosecurity of farm
- Animal health management
- Nutrition management
- Milking methods and udder hygiene
- Farm waste management
- Public health in relation to milk hygiene
- Effect of antimicrobials residue on human health
- Effect of hormonal residue on human health
- Effect of pesticide and insecticide use in animals with human health
- 20. Risk analysis, assessment, practices, and quality management in milk hygiene
- Introduction
- HACCP in milk and milk products
- Risk profile assessment
- Risk characterization in dairy products
- ISO 22000 2005A,B
- Conclusion
- 21. Microbiological quality and safety in the dairy industry
- Introduction
- Quality control and quality assurance concepts
- Plant hygiene and sanitation
- Food safety and quality management systems
- Conclusion
- 22. One Health approach to sustainable dairy production, dairy food safety and security
- Introduction
- Importance of sustainable dairy production, dairy food safety and security
- Challenges of sustainable dairy production, dairy food safety and security
- One Health initiatives for sustainable dairy production, dairy food safety and security
- Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 26, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 476
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443138058
- eBook ISBN: 9780443138065
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Tanmoy Rana
Dr. Tanmoy Rana is currently an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Medicine, Ethics, and Jurisprudence at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, West Bengal, India. He has published articles in international journals, authored book chapters for edited works, and has made contributions in biochemical and molecular pharmacology, toxicology, and veterinary medicine. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research and education to promote the scientific basis of veterinary science and molecular medicine. Dr. Rana is a member of the West Bengal Veterinary Council, India, the Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine (ISVM), and the Indian Science Congress Association. He is an Associate Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, India. He is also an Associate Editor and editorial board member of various highly regarded international journals.