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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract
Strategies to gain body condition score in pasture-based dairy cows during late lactation and the far-off non-lactating period and their interaction with close-up dry matter intake.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: transition cow, health, welfare, Hypocalcaemia.
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
THE EFFECT OF AN EXTENDED INTER-CALVING PERIOD ON MILK QUALITY AND OTHER MANAGEMENT FACTORS

Discipline: management; Key words:  milk coagulation, automatic milking system, individual feeding strategy, extended lactation. 
THE EFFECT OF COLOSTRUM STORED DIFFERENTLY ON PASSIVE IMMUNITY TRANSFER IN CALVES

Discipline: calf rearing; Key words: colostrum storage, colostrum feeding, calf health, immunoglobulin G.
WATER USE ON NON-IRRIGATED PASTURE-BASED DAIRY FARMS

Discipline: pasture/grazing; Key words: water use, water efficiency, leakage, milking parlour, pasture systems
A STUDY TO LIMIT OFF-FLAVOURS IN NON-FAT DRY MILK AND MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE

Discipline: sensory; Key words: nonfat dry milk, milk protein concentrate, unit operations,

Economic feasibility of cooling dry cows across the United States.

Discipline: stress; Key words: heat stress,

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF MASTITIS-CAUSING PATHOGENS AND BACTERIOCINS AS ALTERNATIVE CONTROL METHOD

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: antibiotic resistance, biofilm, Staphylococcus aureus, bacteriocin, Caenorhabditis elegans, in vivo screening platform.
THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CRUDE PROTEIN LEVEL AND CLA SUPPLEMENTATION ON CHEESE COMPOSITION

Discipline: composition; Key words: conjugated linoleic acid, dietary protein, fatty acid, milk, cheese
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,