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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
The effect of low-dose gamma irradiation and temperature on the microbiological and chemical changes during ripening of Cheddar cheese

Discipline: cheese; 

The effect of 4 kGy ionisation irradiation, combined with ripening temperatures at 8°C and 16°C on the ripening of Cheddar cheese was investigated. Changes in cheeses were monitored by sensory, microbiological, and chemical analyses.

 irradiation, sensory and chemical analysis, psychotrophs
WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SOMATIC CELL COUNT?

Discipline: Economics;

 

 Relative economic value, somatic cell score, breeding objectives
POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF ADDING YEASTS TO CHEDDAR CHEESE STARTER CULTURES.

Discipline: cheese; 

 Cheddar, adjunct, Debaryomyces hansenii, Yarrowia lipolytica
THE EFFECT OF DIETARY ENERGY SOURCE ON METABOLISM AND MILK PRODUCTION OF COWS.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 

 energy sources, high starch, palm fatty acids, NEFA, milk production, milk composition
HERD STRUCTURE AND LONGEVITY IN HOLSTEIN AND JERSEY HERDS.

Discipline: management; 

 Holsteins, Jerseys, herd structure, lactation number, milk yield
Molecular characterization of Staph aureus associated with the cow-human interface.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 Staphylococcus aureus, molecular typing, methicillin, clonality, PCR
HERBAGE YIELDS OF ANNUAL RYEGRASS VARIETIES AT OUTENIQUA AND CEDARA.

Discipline: pasture/grazing; 

 Lolium multiflorum, pasture, winter, persistency, varieties, forage quality
AN APPROACH TO ADDRESS NEMATODE/TREMATODE DRUG RESISTANCE IN SA.

Discipline: health; 

 nematode/trematode, drug resistance, anthelmintic, helminth control, FAMACHA©, bio-security
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MASTITIS ON FARM CAN REDUCE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, antimicrobial resistance, on-farm management. 
CHARACTERIZATION OF EMERGING AND SMALLHOLDER DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Discipline: production system; Key words: emerging dairy herds, smallholder dairy herds, INTERGIS, cow performance, management practices, milk yield, fat yield, SSC.