Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: sustainability; Keywords: dairying, resources, GHG, waste, productivity, health.

Discipline: products; Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, consumers, buttermilk, maas, spoonable yoghurt, dairy juice blends, UHT milk.

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: dairy cow, mastitis, udder health, prevention, economics, costs.

Discipline: forages/grazing; Keywords: Brassica rapa; forage turnip; dairy cattle; teat lesions; Barkant; Brassica-associated liver disease; hepatogenous photosensitivity.

Discipline: cow health; Keywords: haematology; body condition score; milk production; lactating Holstein dairy cows; veterinary.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: climate change; control; diagnosis; epidemiology; heartwater; ruminants; survey.

Discipline: farm analysis; Keywords: systems dynamic model, costs, management intervention, sub-models.

Discipline: liver fluke; Keywords: Bacillus, molluscicidal activity, snail host, pathogenicity, Lymnaea columella.

Discipline: pastures; Keywords: soil health, fertilisation, nitrogen mineralisation, pasture yield, area differences.

Discipline: dairy production; Keywords: greenhouse gas, global warming, fossil fuel, methane, nitrous oxide, water use, animal foods, plant-based foods.

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