GOATS -- GOATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PRODUCTION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF GOAT MILK AND CHEESE IN NORTHWEST ARGENTINA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 2.1. Production of Goat Milk and Cheese -- 2.1.1. Milk Production -- 2.1.2. Sampling and Sample Preparation -- 2.1.3. Milk and Whey Characterization -- 2.1.4. Cheese Yield -- 2.1.5. Production and Characterization of Cheeses -- 2.1.6. Statistics Analysis -- 2.2. Organization and Management -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Production of Goat Milk and Cheese -- 3.1.1. Milk Production -- 3.1.2. Characterization of Milk and Whey -- 3.1.3. Preparation and Characterization of Cheese -- 3.1.4. Cheese Yield -- 3.2. Organization and Management -- 3.2.1. Initial Situation -- 3.2.2. Intervention -- 3.2.3. Construction of Vision -- 3.2.4. Development of Entrepreneurship -- 3.2.5. Critical Points -- 3.2.6. Sustainability of the Project -- 3.2.7. Organization -- 3.2.8. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to Development -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PRODUCTION OF GOAT'S MILK AND FATTY ACIDS PROFILE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN HUMAN DIET -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WORLD GOATSTOCKS -- a) Goat Stocks in Developed and Developing Countries -- b) Goat Milk Production in Developed and Developing Countries -- c) Goat Meat Production in Developed and Developing Countries -- d) History and Goat Production in Brazil -- 3. PROPERTIES OF GOAT MILK -- a) Goat's Physicochemical Analysis and Composition -- b) Goat's Milk as Food Hypoallergenic -- 4. FATTY ACID PROFILE OF GOAT MILK AND HUMAN DIET -- a) The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio -- b) Short and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids -- c) Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA): Origin and Importance -- REFERENCES -- INFECTIOUS CAUSES OF ABORTION IN GOATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VIRUSES -- Akabane Virus.

Border disease virus (BDV) -- Caprine Herpesvirus 1 (CpHV-1) -- BACTERIA -- Brucella melitensis -- Campylobacter spp -- Chlamydophila abortus -- Coxiella burnetti -- Leptospira spp -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Mycoplasma spp -- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis -- PROTOZOA -- Neospora caninum -- Salmonella spp -- Sarcocystis spp -- Toxoplasma gondii -- REFERENCES -- THE INFLUENCE OF ORAL ENVIRONMENT ON DIET CHOICES IN GOATS: A FOCUS ON SALIVA PROTEIN COMPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GRAZING BEHAVIOR AND DIETARY CHOICES -- TASTE FUNCTION -- SALIVARY GLANDS AND SALIVA PROTEOME -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS OF MASTITIS IN DAIRY GOATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE -- ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS -- ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS IN DETECTION OF MASTITIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INFLUENCE OF FEEDING GOATS WITH THYME AND ROSEMARY EXTRACTS ON THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND SENSORY QUALITY OF CHEESE AND PASTEURIZED MILK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.