Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: lactation; Keywords: high milk yield, simulation model, extended lactation, calving interval, profitability.

Discipline: environment; Key words: environmental crisis, easement, assets, restoration, economics, accounting, natural capital. 

Discipline: lactation; Key words: early post-partum, feed intake, BCS, milk production, maize particle size, TMR.

Discipline: infection; Key words: helminths, anthelmintic resistance, phytotherapy, bioactive forages, vaccines, grazing management.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: teat canal, udder health, milking machine settings, milk flow, VaDia, take-off time, vented liners.

Discipline: quality; Key words: age gelation, UHT milk, plasmin. Proteases, psychro-tolerant bacteria, free fatty acids, chemicals, gases.

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.

Discipline: performance; Key words: automatic milking systems, milk recording, variables recorded, management decisions, template.

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Discipline: reproduction; Key words:concentrate level, crossbreeding, days open, energy source, interval traits, genetic parameters, management-induced infertility. 

Discipline: animal health; Key words: liver fluke, L. truncatula, Fasciola parasite, open water, cercaria.