Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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EFFECT OF BUFFERING DAIRY COW DIETS ON RUMEN FERMENTATION AND PRODUCTION

Discipline: feed additives; Key words: Acid Buf, buffer,

POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF ADDING YEASTS TO CHEDDAR CHEESE STARTER CULTURES.

Discipline: cheese; 

VARIATION IN HERD SIZE AND MILK PRODUCTION ON SOUTH AFRICAN FARMS IN RELATION TO BENCHMARK INDICATORS.

Discipline: Industry; 

PRODUCTIVITY OF KIKUYU–RYEGRASS PASTURE AS AFFECTED BY METHOD OF CULTIVATION.

Discipline: grazing/pastures; 

GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOLSTEIN CATTLE IN REPRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION TRAITS

Discipline: genetic evaluation; 


 

DIVERSITY OF SPORE-FORMING SPOILAGE ORGANISMS AND THEIR ABILITY TO ATTACH TO STAINLESS STEEL.

Discipline: contamination; 

CHARACTERIZATION OF ESHERICHIA COLI STRAINS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE PRESENT IN BULK MILK.

Discipline: contamination; 

CARBON FOOTPRINT ESTIMATES SOMETIMES PROVIDE SURPRISING RESULTS.

Discipline: environment: 

YEAST EXTRACT CAN ACCELERATE FERMENTATION TIME OF YOGURT.

Discipline: yogurt; 


Researchers at the University of the Free State investigated whether the fermentation process in manufacturing yogurt could be accelerated on the premise that if successful, the cost of production should decrease. For that purpose they used as additive a water soluble auto-lysate of yeast, which is usually utilised for microbial growth support.

WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SOMATIC CELL COUNT?

Discipline: Economics;