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Dairy R&D in SA
| AN INVESTIGATION INTO TAKE-OFF TIME IN MILKING MACHINES. | Discipline: mastitis; Key words: teat canal, udder health, milking machine settings, milk flow, VaDia, take-off time, vented liners. |
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| AGE GELATION IN LONG LIFE MILK. | Discipline: quality; Key words: age gelation, UHT milk, plasmin. Proteases, psychro-tolerant bacteria, free fatty acids, chemicals, gases. |
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| NON STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI) (CNS) AS POTENTIAL BACTERIAL THREAT TO UDDER HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICAN DAIRY COWS. | Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: coagulase negative staphylococci, Maldi Tof, CNS strains, routine diagnostic identification, somatic cell count. The 2018 Progress Report of a study by Dr Inge-Marie Petzer of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria. |
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| PERFORMANCE TREND MEASUREMENT POSSIBILITIES IN AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. | Discipline: performance; Key words: automatic milking systems, milk recording, variables recorded, management decisions, template. |
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| FERTILITY TRENDS IN A SELECTION OF SA DAIRY HERDS. | . Discipline: reproduction; Key words:concentrate level, crossbreeding, days open, energy source, interval traits, genetic parameters, management-induced infertility. |
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| PROGRESS WITH LIVER FLUKE RESEARCH IN THE TSITSIKAMMA | Discipline: animal health; Key words: liver fluke, L. truncatula, Fasciola parasite, open water, cercaria. Some interesting results have been reported by Dr Jan van Wyk, who is responsible for the Milk SA project: Fasciola hepatica: Impact on Dairy Production and Sustainable Management on Selected Farms in South Africa. The report is from the fourth quarter of 2018. |
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| E.COLI AND OTHER ENTEROBACTERIACEAE IN BULK MILK. | Discipline: quality; Key words: producer-distributor milk, Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, shigatoxin, antibiotic resistance |
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| BENEFITS OF CLA ADDITION TO YOGURT | Discipline: yogurt; Keywords: CLA, microbial, physical, chemical, sensory, yoghurt. |
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| PREVALENCE OF MASTITIS ORGANISMS IN PASTURE-BASED AND TMR SYSTEMS. | Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: Streptococcus uberis, pasture-based systems, TMR systems, composite milk sample, coagulase negative Staphylococci. |
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| CONSOLIDATED 2018 THIRD QUARTER RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORT. | Discipline: dairy research; Keywords: mastitis, AMR, liver fluke, milk flocculation, genetic and performance analysis. Author: Heinz Meissner, Milk SA Program Manager R & D, November 2018. 1. Mastitis Program: 1.1. PRJ-0210 Antimicrobial resistance on dairy farms - Screening mastitis causing coliforms for the production of extended spectrum Beta-lactamases and Colistin resistance. Dr Inge-Marie Petzer. |