The Research Column

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract
Drivers of choice for fluid milk versus plant-based alternatives: What are consumer perceptions of fluid milk?

Discipline: consumers; Key words: milk, non-dairy alternatives, fat content, lactose-free

Production and economic responses to intensification of pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: economics; Key words: profitability, marginal response, supplementary feed, marginal economics. 

Lactation performance of Holstein cows treated with 2 formulations of recombinant bovine somatotropin in a large commercial dairy herd in Brazil.

Discipline: hormone; Key words: somatotropin, lactation performance, lactation persistency, Boostin, Lactotropin. 

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.

Risk factors associated with postpartum subclinical hypocalcemia in dairy cows.

Discipline: disease; Key words: hypocalcaemia, pre-partum, macro mineral concentrations, lameness score, hypomagnesaemia.

Safety of milk-derived bioactive peptides.

Discipline: dairy and health; Key words: bioactive peptides, cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, immunomodulatory function, side effects.

Milk is good for you.

Discipline: dairy and health; Key words: milk, nutraceuticals, probiotics, gut microbiome, immunomodulatory activities, soluble peptides.

Microbiological quality of raw milk attributable to prolonged refrigeration conditions.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: raw milk quality, refrigerated storage, bacterial counts, proteolysis, psychrotrophic bacteria.

Effects of automatic cluster removal and feeding during milking on milking efficiency, milk yield and milk fat quality.

Discipline: management; Key words: cluster removal, milking efficiency, feeding, milk yield, milking interval, milk composition.

The influence of ultra-pasteurization by indirect heating versus direct steam injection on skim and 2% fat milks.

Discipline: sensory; Key words: fluid milk, ultra-pasteurization, direct steam injection, flavour, consumer acceptance.