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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
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.  
Factors associated with profitability in pasture-based systems of milk production

Discipline: economics; Key words: dairy system, pasture-based milk production, cost control, profit  
Effects of supplementing a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product during the periparturient period on performance of dairy cows fed fresh diets differing in starch content.

Dairy cattle often experience negative energy balance during the calving transition period, because of reduced feed intake and a drastic increase in nutrient demands after the onset of lactation, thereby contributing to high risk of metabolic disease and low immunity. This implies that feeding strategies during the calving transition period should be designed to maintain feed intake to mitigate excessive fat mobilization.