Dairy R&D in SA

 Discipline: dairy research; Keywords: mastitis, AMR, liver fluke, milk flocculation, genetic and performance analysis.

 Author: Heinz Meissner, Milk SA Program Manager R & D, November 2018.   

1. Mastitis Program:

Discipline: forages/grazing; Keywords: pasture management, water requirements, irrigation guidelines, subtropical pastures, grass/legume mixtures.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: diversity, management practices, antibiotics, pre-dip, strip, bulk milk somatic cell count, AMR. 

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: SSC, summer rise in SCC, mastitis, transitional category, season, temperature humidity index, heat stress.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, subclinical mastitis, antibiotis resistance, producer attitude.

Discipline: grazing/forages; Key words: kikuyu-ryegrass pasture, minimum tillage, nitrogen fertilization. 

Discipline: grazing/forages; Key words: forage herds, chicory, plantain, dry matter yield, herb-grass mixture.

Discipline: environment; Key words: greenhouse gas emissions, global baseline, milk yield, target, non-cow associated factors. 

Discipline: grazing/pastures; Key words: cultivated pastures, fertilisation, nutrient cycling, phosphorus, soil fertility

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bovine mastitis, ethnoveterinary medicine, antibacterial activity,  cytotoxicity.