Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: food safety; Key words: Bacillus cereus, spores, Extended Shelf Life milk, CIP, heat and chemicals, biofilms.

 Discipline: udder health; Key words: SCC, quarter milk samples, composite samples, threshold, udder infection. 

Discipline: contamination; Key words: identification, spoilage, Chryseobacterium, Empedobacter, dairy  

Discipline: management; Key words: liver fluke, mastitis, milk flocculation, performance.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Keywords: Digestion, energy nutrients, metabolism, milk production, reproduction.

Discipline: economics; Key words: sustainability, environmental impact, total factor productivity, pasture-based dairy. 

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Discipline: feeding/nutrition; Key words: Fruit waste, maize alternatives, pasture degradability, starch, supplementation. 

Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, protease activity, Bacillus, plasminogen, heat treatment.

Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, Alizarol test, plasmin, Bacillus, UHT milk.