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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
Potential effects of short- and long-term intake of fermented dairy products on prevention and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus.		Dairy Products and Nutraceuticals	The consumption of fermented dairy products is thought to potentially prevent or help to control type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through mechanisms of increased satiety, improved insulin sensitivity, increased glucose tolerance and maintenance of the gut microbiota. However, research results are inconsistent, and a recent meta-analysis of observational studies reported a neutral association between intake of fermented dairy and T2DM. The meta-analysis was limited by the lack of examination of the effect of fermented dairy consumption on diabetes prevention.	functional foods, type 2 diabetes, dairy products, fermented products
Increasing omega fatty acid in cow's milk through diet manipulation: Effect on milk flavor.			Discipline: dairy & health; Keywords: inflammatory diseases, CLA, fishy flavors, rumen-inert calcium salts, sensory panel. This topic was addressed by K.A.S. Nelson and S. Martini in a paper called: Increasing omega fatty acid in cow's milk through diet manipulation: Effect on milk flavor. The paper was published in the Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 92, pages 1378-1386.
A longitudinal study on the impact of Johne's disease status on milk production in individual cows.			Discipline: disease; Keywords: pathogen, faecal culture, blood serum tests, economic losses, culling. How does infection with Johne's disease affect milk production in dairy herds? Smith and co-workers studied the status of the disease in three herds in the US and tried to predict the impact on milk production when the condition is latent or when the cows are actually shedding cells. The study was published in the Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 92 of 2009, pages 2653 to 2661, with the title: A longitudinal study on the impact of Johne's disease status on milk production in individual cows.
The effects of ring castration with local anaesthesia and analgesia in Holstein calves at 3 months of age on welfare indicators			Discipline: animal welfare; Keywords: pain levels, behaviour, stress levels, serum cholesterol, wound healing.
Ethical consumerism and sustainable production			Discipline: ethics; Keywords: animal welfare, improving efficiency, traditional systems, organic production, carbon footprint.
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.
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.
Evaluating the effectiveness of mastitis vaccines and the current status of vaccine development			Discipline: mastitis; Key words: vaccines, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, coliforms, biofilms
VARIATION IN THE INTER-SERVICE INTERVALS OF DAIRY COWS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM			Discipline: reproduction; Keywords: inter-service interval, inter-ovulatory interval, o
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.