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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN CITRUS PULP REPLACE MAIZE IN THE DAIRY COW CONCENTRATE?
Discipline: feeding/nutrition; Key words: Fruit waste, maize alternatives, pasture degradability, starch, supplementation.
FURTHER PROGRESS WITH STUDIES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MILK FLOCCULATION
Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, protease activity, Bacillus, plasminogen, heat treatment.
PROGRESS WITH STUDIES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MILK FLOCCULATION
Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, Alizarol test, plasmin, Bacillus, UHT milk.
A MODEL TO CALCULATE GHG EMISSIONS ON SA DAIRY FARMS.
Discipline: environment; Keywords: Carbon dioxide equivalents, dairy production, methane, nitrous oxide.
EFFECT OF HERB ANTIOXIDANTS ON BLOOD PROTEINS AND MILK QUALITY IN EARLY LACTATING DAIRY COWS.
Discipline: health and welfare; Key words: plant herbs, immune response, oxidative stress, antioxidants, serum protein, milk composition.
MEASURED VS PREDICTED ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS OF PASTURE-BASED DAIRY COWS
Discipline: environment; Key words: AFOLU, baseline emissions, methane, Jersey cows, pasture, concentrate.
PRODUCTIVE LIFETIME AND LIFETIME EFFICIENCY IN HOLSTEIN COWS.
Discipline: breeding; Key words: lifetime efficiency, productive life, Holstein cows.
CHARACTERIZATION OF EMERGING AND SMALLHOLDER DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Discipline: production system; Key words: emerging dairy herds, smallholder dairy herds, INTERGIS, cow performance, management practices, milk yield, fat yield, SSC.
EASY TO USE APPROACHES TO CULL COWS.
Discipline: genetic improvement; Key words: Efficiency, breeding values, Component value, alternative Kleiber ratio, Gaines formula.
WHAT CAN FARMERS DO TO LIMIT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT?
Discipline: environment; Key words: carbon footprint, efficiency, solar panels, energy-saving bulbs, fuel-efficient vehicles, good pasture management, conservation agriculture.