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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
The effects of ring castration with local anaesthesia and analgesia in Holstein calves at 3 months of age on welfare indicators

Discipline: animal welfare; Keywords: pain levels, behaviour, stress levels, serum cholesterol, wound healing.
Ethical consumerism and sustainable production

Discipline: ethics; Keywords: animal welfare, improving efficiency, traditional systems, organic production, carbon footprint.

The effect of different production systems and practices on the environmental impact, quality and safety of products from ruminant livestock: 2. Dairy products.

Discipline: technology adoption; Keywords: technological advances, activists, consumers, recombinant bovine somatotropin, safety and health implications.
Contamination of dairy products by the food pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.

Discipline: food safety; Keywords: background microbial population, salt, potassium chloride, food contact surfaces, salt-to-moisture ratio, pH. 
Evaluating the effectiveness of mastitis vaccines and the current status of vaccine development

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: vaccines, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, coliforms, biofilms
VARIATION IN THE INTER-SERVICE INTERVALS OF DAIRY COWS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Discipline: reproduction; Keywords: inter-service interval, inter-ovulatory interval, o
THE INFLUENCE OF COW DIETARY COMPOSITION ON HEAT STABILITY OF MILK

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: supplementation, nitrogen , phosphorus , milk heat stability, DCAD, ionic calcium. 
Factors associated with the financial performance of spring-calving, pasture-based dairy farms

Discipline: economics; Key words: dairy, grassland,

Effect of injectable vitamin E on incidence of retained fetal membranes and reproductive performance of dairy cows.

Discipline: reproduction; Key words: reproduction, retained fetal membranes,

A comparison of individual cow versus group concentrate allocation strategies on dry matter intake, milk production, tissue changes, and fertility of Holstein-Friesian cows offered a grass silage diet.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: concentrate allocation strategy,