The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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by Heinz Meissner

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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
THE EFFECT OF CLOVE AND CINNAMON ON REDUCTION OF STAPH AUREUS BIOFILM FORMATION			Discipline: contamination; Key words: mastitis, antibiofilm Staphylococcus aureus,
BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT BY A MASTITIS-ASSOCIATED MICRO-ALGAE AND FOOD PATHOGEN IN THE PARLOUR AND MILKING EQUIPMENT			Discipline: contamination; Key words: subclinical mastitis, biofilm-producing isolate, sanitizer, Prototheca zopfii, raw milk, milking equipment, Listeria monocytogenes.
THE INFLUENCE OF COW DIETARY COMPOSITION ON HEAT STABILITY OF MILK			Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Key words: supplementation, nitrogen , phosphorus , milk heat stability, DCAD, ionic calcium.
Low body condition predisposes cattle to lameness: An 8-year study of one dairy herd.			Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words: lameness, body condition score,
FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN DAIRY COWS: REPEATABILITY, VARIATION IN DIGESTION AND METABOLISM OF ENERGY AND NITROGEN, AND RUMINAL METHANOGENS.			Discipline: genetic variation; Key words: feed efficiency, energy metabolism,
ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE, SURVIVAL, SOMATIC CELL SCORE BETWEEN POSTPARTUM HOLSTEIN AND NORWEGIAN RED X HOLSTEIN FIRST-CALF HEIFERS.			Discipline: mastitis; Key words: crossbreeding, immune response, phenotypic correlations, somatic cell score, survival.
Feeding, production, and efficiency of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and mixed-breed lactating dairy cows in commercial Danish herds			Discipline: lactation; Key words: Jersey, Holstein,
EFFECT OF ROUTINE CLAW TRIMMING ON CLAW TEMPERATURE IN DAIRY COWS MEASURED BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY			Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words:infrared thermography,
The average culling rate of Dutch dairy herds over the years 2007 to 2010 and its association with herd reproduction, performance and health			Discipline: management; Key words: average culling rate; dairy herd; replacement heifer; herd characteristic.
HEALTH ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS OF MILK AND DAIRY FOODS			Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: gouda-type cheese, glucose tolerance, dairy food intake, cognitive function, cow’s milk oestrogen, cancer.