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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
Influence of continuous selection for improved milk yields and other productivity measures

Discipline: breeding; Keywords: productivity measures, inbreeding, longevity, replacement costs, heritability, fitness traits.
Greenhouse gas emissions on British dairy farms

Discipline: carbon footprint; Keywords: production systems, milk yield, fertilizer use, manure management, rumen fermentation.
Faciolosis in pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: liver fluke, parasitic disease, lymnaeid snail, drug therapy, molluscicides, milk withdrawal period.

Probiotic viability and storage stability of yogurts and fermented milks prepared with several mixtures of lactic acid bacteria.

 

Discipline: probiotics: Key words: yogurt, fermented milk, probiotic viability, storage stability, sensory preference.                                                                  

Validity of prepartum changes in vaginal and rectal temperature to predict calving in dairy cows.

Discipline: reproduction; Key words: dairy cow, body temperature,

EFFECT OF ROUTINE CLAW TRIMMING ON CLAW TEMPERATURE IN DAIRY COWS MEASURED BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY

Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words:infrared thermography,

GRAZING PATTERN OF DAIRY COWS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR DIVERGENT RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE AS CALVES

Discipline: grazing/pastures; Key words: dairy cow,

MILK PRODUCTION RESPONSES AND RFI ON HIGH AN LOW STARCH DIETS

Discipline: composition; Key words: diet starch concentration,

Effects of group housing of dairy calves on behaviour, cognition, performance, and health.

Discipline: calf raising: Key words: social isolation,

Role of bacterial endotoxins in the etiopathogenesis of periparturient diseases of transition dairy cows.

Discipline: disease; Key words: bacterial endotoxins,