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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
BACTERIOPHAGES AS MEASURE TO CONTROL STAPH. AUREUS MASTITIS.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 bacteriophages, Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic resistance
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF LIVER FLUKE (FASCIOLA) RESEARCH PROJECT

Discipline: health & welfare; 

Project title: Impact of Fasciola hepatica on dairy production and sustainable management on selected farms in South Africa

Principal researcher: Dr J.A. van Wyk, University of Pretoria.

 Fasciola, infestation, Tsitsikamma, eggs, resistance
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MASTITIS IN COWS USING BACTERIOPHAGES

Discipline: mastitis; 

 Staphylococcus aureus, bacteriophages, antibiotic resistance, biological control.
CARBON TAX OR OFFSETS – POSITION OF AGRI SA.

Discipline: environment; Key words: GHG emissions, carbon tax, carbon offsets, DEA.
MEASURED VS PREDICTED ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS OF PASTURE-BASED DAIRY COWS

Discipline: environment; Key words: AFOLU, baseline emissions, methane, Jersey cows, pasture, concentrate.

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.
MEDICINAL PLANTS TO CONTROL MASTITIS PATHOGENS.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bovine mastitis, ethnoveterinary medicine, antibacterial activity,  cytotoxicity. 
WATER NEEDS OF PASTURES USED IN DAIRY PRODUCTION.

Ideally, pasture management should emphasize production of optimum forage yield and quality, without compromising the environment. Accurate irrigation scheduling, therefore, plays an important role in the success of a dairy enterprise by affecting forage yield and quality, irrigation input and energy usage, and environmental pollution. For years farmers arbitrarily have used an irrigation guideline of 25 mm of irrigation water per week for most temperate grasses and legumes, regardless of season or region.
NON STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI) (CNS) AS POTENTIAL BACTERIAL THREAT TO UDDER HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICAN DAIRY COWS.

The 2018 Progress Report of a study by Dr Inge-Marie Petzer of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria.
DOES RESTORATION PAY?

In a previous contribution we argued the economic benefit of restoration and as a consequence soil health, whether in a dairy farming context or national. Conceptually this seems a good argument, but does it pay? If restoration does not make economic sense, the country is better off without it. However, if it does make economic sense, then the opportunity cost of not restoring is negative – that is, the country is worse off by not restoring.