The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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by Heinz Meissner

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Effect of Salting Technique on Shreddability, Texture Profile and Microstructure of the Pre-Acidified Cow’s Mozzarella Cheese.
Discipline: cheese; Keywords: Shredding efficiency, TPA, salting technique, pre-acidification.
Increased take-off level in automatic milking systems – effects on milk flow, milk yield and milking efficiency at the quarter level.
Discipline: milking; Keywords: AMS, milking unit, clusters, quarter-level milking, take-off level.
Analysis of closed versus operating dairies in the south-eastern United States.
Discipline: economics: Keywords: South-eastern US dairies, closed versus operational dairies, probit regression, mastitis, survey.
Spores in dairy – new insights in detection, enumeration and risk assessment
Discipline: contamination; Keywords: milk powders, spoilage bacteria, heat treatment, microbial survival, quality assurance, reconstituted milk.
Gene mapping and genomic prediction of bull fertility using sex chromosome markers.
Discipline: genomic selection; Keywords: genomic prediction, pseudo-autosomal region, sire conception rate, X chromosome.
Phenotypic characterization and genome-wide association studies of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows.
Discipline: lameness; Keywords: claw horn disruption lesion, lameness, gene, marker.
Diagnosing the pregnancy status of dairy cows: How useful is milk mid-infrared spectroscopy?
Discipline: reproduction; Keywords: gestation, prediction accuracy, milk composition, discriminant analysis.
Enzyme-based strategy to eradicate monospecies Macrococcus caseolyticus biofilm contamination in dairy industries
Discipline: contamination; Keywords: biofilms, exopolysaccharides, disinfectants, enzyme treatment, dairy equipment.
Responses to rumen-protected choline in transition cows do not depend on prepartum body condition.
Discipline: supplementation; Keywords: body condition, choline, dairy cow, transition.
Meta-analysis of the effects of supplemental rumen-protected choline during the transition period on performance and health of parous dairy cows.
Discipline: supplementation; Keywords: choline, health, milk yield, transition cow