Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: breeding; Key words: lifetime efficiency, productive life, Holstein cows.

Discipline: production system; Key words: emerging dairy herds, smallholder dairy herds, INTERGIS, cow performance, management practices, milk yield, fat yield, SSC.

Discipline: genetic improvement; Key words: Efficiency, breeding values, Component value, alternative Kleiber ratio, Gaines formula.

Discipline: environment; Key words: carbon footprint, efficiency, solar panels, energy-saving bulbs, fuel-efficient vehicles, good pasture management, conservation agriculture.

Discipline: quality; Key words:  flocculation, gelation, precipitation, clotting, roping, curdling

Discipline: milk; Key words: processing, casein integrity, Alizarol test, potassium, milk fat.

Discipline: shelf life; Key words: milk flocculation, heat exposure, proteases, plasmin, psychrotrophic bacteria, MILQC software.

Discipline: environment; Key words: GHG emissions, carbon tax, carbon offsets, DEA.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: Listeria monocytogenes, listeriosis, soft cheese, stress

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, antimicrobial resistance, on-farm management.