Publications

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Please find a list of our latest publications below

IDF Animal Health Report N° 11

Bulletin of the IDF N° 488/ 2017: The IDF Guide on Biodiversity for the Dairy Sector

These guidelines aim at providing principles for identifying biodiversity indicators that can be use...

ISO/ TS 19046-2 I IDF/ RM 233-2: 2017 – Cheese – Determination of propionic acid level by chromatography – Part 2: Method by ion exchange chromatography

This document specifies a method for the determination of propionic acid level in cheese, using gas...

ISO/ TS 19046-1I IDF/ RM 233-1: 2017 – Cheese – Determination of propionic acid level by chromatography – Part 1: Method by gas chromatography

This document specifies a method for the determination of propionic acid level in cheese, using gas...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 487/ 2017: IDF Global Marketing Trends, Understanding Changes in Global Dairy Consumption

Based on in-depth research conducted by IDF national experts, this study is intended to supplement t...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 486/ 2017: The IDF Guide to Water Footprint Methodology for the Dairy Sector

These guidelines are intended to reach better understanding of water footprint assessment within the...

Compilation of a series of presentations delivered at the IDF World Dairy Summit 2015, Vilnius, Lithuania

Bulletin of the IDF N° 484/ 2016: Proceedings of the 5th, Paratuberculosis Forum

Bulletin of the IDF N° 485/ 2016: The World Dairy Situation 2016

Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumptio...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 483/ 2016: Fluorimetric method for the determination of alkaline phosphatase activity in cow’s milk cheese: Interlaboratory collaborative study

This article presents the results of a collaborative study conducted to generate precision data for...

Bulletin of the IDF N° 482/ 2016: Evaluation of the Nitrogen conversion factors for dairy and soy

This Bulletin reviews the scientific literature pertaining to nitrogen conversion factors (NCFs) for...

Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production (2008)

The Guide to Good Animal Welfare in Dairy Production was elaborated by a project group composed of e...