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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
THE EFFECT OF HIGH SCC LEVELS ON MILK AND CHEESE QUALITY

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: somatic cell counts, pasteurized fluid milk quality, shelf-life study, cheese, total solids, protein. 
In vitro evaluation of a novel bacteriophage cocktail as a preventative for bovine coliform mastitis.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bacteriophage,

Estimating efficiency in automatic milking systems.

Discipline: management; Key words: automatic milking,

Bacterial counts on teat skin and in new sand, recycled sand, and recycled manure solids used as bedding in freestalls.

Discipline: housing: Key words: mastitis,

Effect of maternal heat stress in late gestation on blood hormones and metabolites of newborn calves.

Discipline: calf raising; Key words: heat stress,

Role of bacterial endotoxins in the etiopathogenesis of periparturient diseases of transition dairy cows.

Discipline: disease; Key words: bacterial endotoxins,

Cow- and farm-level risk factors for lameness on dairy farms with automated milking systems.

Discipline: lameness; Key words: automated milking systems, lameness prevalence,

Dairy farms testing positive for Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis have poorer hygiene practices and are less cautious when purchasing cattle than test-negative herds.

Discipline: disease; Key words: paratuberculosis,

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,

SAINFOIN SILAGE BENEFITS NITROGEN UTILIZATION, METHANE EMISSION AND MILK YIELD IN DAIRY COWS

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: sainfoin silage,