dairy cows Content / dairy cows Content for UC Davis en Killing H5N1 in Waste Milk — An Alternative To Pasteurization /news/killing-h5n1-waste-milk-alternative-pasteurization UC Davis researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to pasteurization. February 13, 2025 - 9:52am Amy M Quinton /news/killing-h5n1-waste-milk-alternative-pasteurization Study Examines Environmental Footprint of California Dairy Cows Over 50 Years /food/news/study-examines-environmental-footprint-california-dairy-cows-over-50-years <p>Producing a liter of milk in California emits less greenhouse gas and uses less land and water than it did in 1964, according to a <a href="https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(20)30074-6/pdf">recent study</a> from researchers at the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>“We compared 1964 through 2014 and found a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gases to produce the same quantity and quality of milk,” said senior author Ermias Kebreab, professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. “The magnitude of change is surprising.”</p> March 11, 2020 - 9:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/study-examines-environmental-footprint-california-dairy-cows-over-50-years