Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: CMCT, udder health, composite milk samples, SCC, teat end vacuum, bulk tank testing, psygrotrophic and thermoduric bacteria.   

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: antibiotic susceptibility test, Staphylococus aureus, oxacillin, zoonosis, milk testing, cytology, bacteriophages, selenium.

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: CNS/NAS strains, SCC, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, retrospective study, TMR vs pasture-based production systems.

Discipline: liver fluke; Keywords: Fasciola hepatica, Lymnaea truncatula, anthelmintics, water, temperature, biological control. 

Discipline: quality; Keywords: Protein instability, Alizarol test, Pseudomonas, potassium, APC method, plasmien.

Introduction: The world has changed as the evidence and perceptions about climate change have surfaced and progressively became centre in the media and people’s minds. This has lead to questions of what are the reasons for the change which primarily pointed fingers to man-introduced carbon emissions and over-use of resources and waste accumulation.

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.