Dairy R&D in SA

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.

Discipline: quality; Key words: producer-distributor milk, Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, shigatoxin, antibiotic resistance

Discipline: yogurt; Keywords: CLA, microbial, physical, chemical, sensory, yoghurt.

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: Streptococcus uberis, pasture-based systems, TMR systems, composite milk sample, coagulase negative Staphylococci.