The Research Column

by Heinz Meissner

Click on any of the publications below to read more about the specific topic:

 

Title Date Discipline Extract
Resistance to antibiotics by microbial pathogens.

Discipline: antibiotics; Keywords: mastitis causing organisms, performance, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococci, Klebsiella, SCC, drugs.

Effect of dry period length on reproduction during the subsequent lactation

Discipline: reproduction; Keywords: increased profit, improved overall efficiency, energy reserves, after calving ovulation, artificial insemination. 

Cheese liking and consumer willingness to pay as affected by information about organic production.

 

Discipline: organic production; Keywords: organic cheese, demand, taste panel, willingness to pay, market.

Faciolosis in pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: liver fluke, parasitic disease, lymnaeid snail, drug therapy, molluscicides, milk withdrawal period.

More sustainable production in the dairy industry.

Discipline: ethics; Keywords: ecosystems, biodiversity, waste accumulation, Code of Conduct, profitability, heritage responsibility.

Ionophores in relation to antibiotic resistance in humans.

Discipline: antibiotics; Keywords: gram positive bacteria, altered fermentation, propionate, Streptomyces cinnamonensis, health concerns.

The effect of different production systems and practices on the environmental impact, quality and safety of products from ruminant livestock: 2. Dairy products.

Discipline: technology adoption; Keywords: technological advances, activists, consumers, recombinant bovine somatotropin, safety and health implications.

CLA suppplemented in the diet of the cow or in the product

Discipline: dairy & health; Keywords: conjugated linoleic acid, feed conversion, milk fat, lean meat, metabolic functions.

Should CLA be increased through the diet of the cow, or supplemented in the dairy product? In this presentation I will attempt to address this question after studying the  literature on the subject.

Bioactive peptides: Production and functionality.

Discipline: dairy & health; Keywords: nutritional and functional activities, major body systems, antioxidative and antihypertensity properties.

Water and waste-water management in the Dairy Industry

Discipline: effluent management; Keywords: reduced water intake, waste-water disposal, processing, cleaning processes.