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LIFETIME PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN DAILY PRODUCTION AS KEY PROFITABILITY INDICATOR.
Discipline: economics; Keywords: milk yield, lifetime production, age at first calving, lifetime profit margin, modelling.
ARE THREE ANNUAL LACTATIONS IN TERMS OF MILK PRODUCTION THE SAME AS TWO EXTENDED LACTATIONS?
Discipline: lactation; Keywords: high milk yield, simulation model, extended lactation, calving interval, profitability.
CAN SOIL HEALTH BE REGARDED AS AN ASSET?
Discipline: environment; Key words: environmental crisis, easement, assets, restoration, economics, accounting, natural capital.
EFFECT OF MAIZE PARTICLE SIZE ON STARCH FERMENTABILITY AND LACTATION PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY COWS.
Discipline: lactation; Key words: early post-partum, feed intake, BCS, milk production, maize particle size, TMR.
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO HELMINTH MANAGEMENT.
Discipline: infection; Key words: helminths, anthelmintic resistance, phytotherapy, bioactive forages, vaccines, grazing management.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO TAKE-OFF TIME IN MILKING MACHINES.
Discipline: mastitis; Key words: teat canal, udder health, milking machine settings, milk flow, VaDia, take-off time, vented liners.
AGE GELATION IN LONG LIFE MILK.
Discipline: quality; Key words: age gelation, UHT milk, plasmin. Proteases, psychro-tolerant bacteria, free fatty acids, chemicals, gases.
NON STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI) (CNS) AS POTENTIAL BACTERIAL THREAT TO UDDER HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICAN DAIRY COWS.
Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: coagulase negative staphylococci, Maldi Tof, CNS strains, routine diagnostic identification, somatic cell count.

The 2018 Progress Report of a study by Dr Inge-Marie Petzer of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria.
PERFORMANCE TREND MEASUREMENT POSSIBILITIES IN AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
Discipline: performance; Key words: automatic milking systems, milk recording, variables recorded, management decisions, template.
FERTILITY TRENDS IN A SELECTION OF SA DAIRY HERDS.
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Discipline: reproduction; Key words:concentrate level, crossbreeding, days open, energy source, interval traits, genetic parameters, management-induced infertility.