Analytical Methods for Milk and Milk Products

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He is also Senior Acquisitions Editor and Senior Technical Editor-In-Chief for Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering for Apple Academic Press, Inc. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 100 books. N. Veena, PhD, is Associate Professor of Food Safety and Quality, DSLD-College of Horticultural Engineering and Food Technology, University of Horticultural Sciences, Devihosur, Haveri, Karnataka, India. She was involved in several externally funded research projects with Milkfed Punjab, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (India), and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and has published research papers and review articles as well as several chapters, and popular articles. Santosh Kumar Mishra, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Dairy Microbiology at the College of Dairy Science and Technology at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He is handling several projects funded by the Indian Department of Science and Technology, the Indian Ministry of Food Processing Industries, and the Indian University Grants Commission. He earlier served in the dairy industry as a Quality Assurance Executive at Mother Dairy, New Delhi, India. He has published several research, review, and popular articles in national and international journals as well as several book chapters and teaching reviews in various training programs.

PART 1: MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS 1. Enumeration of Selected Microorganisms in Milk 2. Detection of Mastitis Milk 3. Detection of Pathogens in Milk 4. Microbiological Analysis of Dairy Products PART 2: STARTER CULTURES AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) 5. Activity and Purity Tests of Starter Cultures 6. Scheme of Isolation and Characterization of Pure Lactic Acid Bacteria and Probiotics with Their In-Vitro Safety Assessment Protocols 7. Lactic Acid Bacteria: DNA Isolation and Molecular Characterization 8. Statistical Analysis of Lab Data