The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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by Heinz Meissner

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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
The average culling rate of Dutch dairy herds over the years 2007 to 2010 and its association with herd reproduction, performance and health			Discipline: management; Key words: average culling rate; dairy herd; replacement heifer; herd characteristic.
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,
Effect of time of maize silage supplementation on herbage intake, milk production, and nitrogen excretion of grazing dairy cows.			Discipline: pastures/grazing; key words: dairy cow,
Effect of gradual or abrupt cessation of milking at dry off on milk yield and somatic cell score in the subsequent lactation.			Discipline: mastitis; Key words: milk cessation method, dry off, milk yield, somatic cell score
Prediction and validation of residual feed intake and dry matter intake in Danish lactating dairy cows using mid-infrared spectroscopy of milk.			Discipline: efficiency; Key words: dry matter intake, residual feed intake, spectroscopy, prediction, validation.
Digestibility and clover proportion determine milk production when silages of different grass and clover species are fed to dairy cows			Discipline: pasture/grazing; Key words: legume, organic matter digestibility, eating behaviour, drinking behaviour, faeces score
The effect of different pre-cooling rates and cold storage on milk microbiological quality and composition.			Discipline: management; Key words: milk pre-cooling, milk microbiological quality, energy, milk storage.