Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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IS EXISTING ‘CLEANING IN PLACE’ PROCEDURES ALWAYS EFFECTIVE?

Discipline: food safety; Key words: Bacillus cereus, spores, Extended Shelf Life milk, CIP, heat and chemicals, biofilms.

THRESHOLDS OF SCC IN COMPOSITE AND QUARTER SAMPLES TO INDICATE UDDER INFECTION.

 Discipline: udder health; Key words: SCC, quarter milk samples, composite samples, threshold, udder infection. 

SPOILAGE POTENTIAL OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: identification, spoilage, Chryseobacterium, Empedobacter, dairy  

SUMMARIZED REPORT OF PROGRESS WITH PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2017.

Discipline: management; Key words: liver fluke, mastitis, milk flocculation, performance.

AN UPDATE ON THE VALUE OF STARCH AND LIPID ADDITION TO THE COW DIET

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Keywords: Digestion, energy nutrients, metabolism, milk production, reproduction.

ARE GOALS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMPATABLE?

Discipline: economics; Key words: sustainability, environmental impact, total factor productivity, pasture-based dairy. 

MILK SA: R & D STATUS QUO AND OUTLOOK FOR THE STATUTORY LEVY CYCLE OF 2018 TO 2021.

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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN CITRUS PULP REPLACE MAIZE IN THE DAIRY COW CONCENTRATE?

Discipline: feeding/nutrition; Key words: Fruit waste, maize alternatives, pasture degradability, starch, supplementation. 

FURTHER PROGRESS WITH STUDIES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MILK FLOCCULATION

Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, protease activity, Bacillus, plasminogen, heat treatment.

PROGRESS WITH STUDIES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MILK FLOCCULATION

Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, Alizarol test, plasmin, Bacillus, UHT milk.