Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
IMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICALITIES OF GHG MITIGATION.

Discipline: environment; 

GHG, AFOLU, carbon sequestration, production systems, pilot trials, training
HERD STRUCTURE AND LONGEVITY IN HOLSTEIN AND JERSEY HERDS.

Discipline: management; 

Holsteins, Jerseys, herd structure, lactation number, milk yield
A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Discipline: industry;

 

dairy cow, dairy industry, milk production, milk price
WITHIN UDDER INFECTIONS IN PREGNANT HEIFERS WHICH WERE HOUSED TOGETHER AND REARED ON FRESH MILK AS CALVES.

Discipline: mastitis; 

within udder infections, co-housed calves, milk-fed, Staphylococcus aureus, prevalence in heifers
THE RUMEN ORGANISM MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII CAN ASSIST DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF PRE-WEANED CALVES.

Discipline: calf raising; 

Megasphaera elsdenii, β-hydroxybutyrate, rumen development, neonatal calves, starter intake, weaning
DAIRY PRODUCTION EXPERIMENTS FOR FARMERS IN THE DEVELOPING SECTOR.

Discipline: management; 

 

Nguni, Jersey, crossbred, milk production, subtropical environment
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIFIC AMINO ACIDS IN DAIRY COW DIETS.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 

spot urine purine, estimated microbial flow, plasma amino acids, protein feeding
NEW PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENTS IN ARC’S INTERGIS.

Discipline: Performance measurement/milk recording; 

genetic evaluation, health traits, nutritional requirements, milk composition
OREGANO AS AN ADDITIVE TO ENHANCE RUMEN FERMENTATION.

Discipline: feed additives; 

Origanum vulgare, anti-bacterial compound, rumen fermentation, milk production, essential oil
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