The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract
Meta-analysis to predict the effects of metabolizable amino acids on dairy cattle performance.			Discipline: supplementation; Key words: amino acids, milk protein, meta-analysis, immune-metabolism, methionine, transition period.
Consumer acceptance of dairy products with a saturated fatty acid–reduced, monounsaturated fatty acid–enriched content			Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: cardiovascular disease, consumer acceptance, dairy product, monounsaturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid.
Engineering to support wellbeing of dairy animals.			Discipline: management; Key words:dairy technologies, biomarkers, health, welfare, husbandry, review.
Evaluation of an ear-attached movement sensor to record cow feeding behaviour and activity.			Discipline: management; Key words: sensor technology, dairy cow behaviour, ruminating.
The genetic and biological basis of feed efficiency in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows.			Discipline: genetic evaluation; Key words: genome-wide association study, residual feed intake, feed efficiency.
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
Changes in animal performance and profitability of Holstein dairy operations after introduction of crossbreeding with Montbéliarde, Normande, and Scandinavian Red.			Discipline: breeding; Key words: dairy crossbreeding, animal performance, profitability, modelling.
Ratio of dietary rumen degradable protein to rumen undegradable protein affects nitrogen partitioning but does not affect the bovine milk proteome produced by mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows.			Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: milk protein, proteomics, bioactive, low abundance protein.
Water use on non-irrigated pasture-based dairy farms: Combining detailed monitoring and modelling to set benchmarks.			Discipline: environment; Key words: water use, water efficiency, leakage, milking parlour, pasture systems
Effect of pasture versus indoor feeding systems on quality characteristics, nutritional composition, and sensory and volatile properties of full-fat Cheddar cheese.			Discipline: cheese; Key words: pasture, total mixed ration, Cheddar cheese, fatty acid.