Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: dairy & health; Keywords: probiotics, Lactobacillus, antibiotic sensitivity, antimicrobial activity, acid and bile resistance.

Discipline: breeding; Keywords: breeding values, cow fitness, genetic improvement, heritability.                                                                                      

Discipline: environment; Keywords: drought, water shortages, veld and pasture, sediment, water infiltration, water quality.

Discipline: environment; Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon, pasture, dairy farms.

Discipline: breeding; Keywords: automatic milk recording system, efficiency measures, milk yield, liveweight, Kleiber ratio, component value.

Discipline: environment; Keywords: methane, nitrous oxide, enteric fermentation, manure management, pasture, range and paddock.

Discipline: Keywords: across-country genetic evaluation, genetic connectedness, genetic progress.

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: SCC, test day records, lactation, province, season, breed, variation explained.

Discipline: management; Keywords: age at first calving, lifetime efficiency, productive life, selection, genetic parameters. 

Discipline: yogurt; Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, probiotics, antibacterial activity, antibiotic resistance, yogurt.