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The Research Column
| Title | Date | Discipline | Extract |
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| Evaluating the effectiveness of mastitis vaccines and the current status of vaccine development |
Discipline: mastitis; Key words: vaccines, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, coliforms, biofilms |
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| An evaluation of the effect of altering nutrition and nutritional strategies in early lactation on reproductive performance and oestrus behaviour of high-yielding Holstein-Friesian dairy cows. |
Discipline: reproduction; Key words: nutrition, fertility, reproductive performance, high-yielding dairy cow. |
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| The effect of improving cow productivity, fertility, and longevity on the global warming potential of dairy systems. |
Discipline: environment; Key words: production system, global warming potential, land use, fertility, efficiency. |
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| Do farm audits improve milk quality? |
Discipline: quality; Key words: bulk milk, |
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| Complete-lactation milk and component yields following a short (35-d) or a conventional (60-d) dry period management strategy in commercial Holstein herds |
Discipline: management; Key words: short dry period, conventional dry period, production, lactation number.
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| Probiotic viability and storage stability of yogurts and fermented milks prepared with several mixtures of lactic acid bacteria. |
Discipline: probiotics: Key words: yogurt, fermented milk, probiotic viability, storage stability, sensory preference. |
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| Enteric methane in dairy cattle production: Quantifying the opportunities and impact of reducing emissions. |
Discipline: carbon footprint; Key words: enteric methane, methanogen, feed efficiency, lifetime productivity, mitigation. |
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| The importance of milk yield and price in the overall profitability of a dairy farm. |
Discipline: economics; Keywords: pasture systems, TMR systems, net margin, cost of production, milk yield per cow, labour cost, feed costs. |
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| Contamination of dairy products by the food pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. |
Discipline: food safety; Keywords: background microbial population, salt, potassium chloride, food contact surfaces, salt-to-moisture ratio, pH. |
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| Impact of genetic progress on the profits of dairy farmers. |
Discipline: breeding; Keywords: genetically superior sires, artificial insemination, embryo transfer, feed intake, profits, managerial ability. |