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by Heinz Meissner

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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
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.
Reduced milking frequency: Milk production and management implications.			Discipline: lactation management; Keywords: once-a-day milking, extensive dairy production systems, labour requirements, pasture deficit.
Greenhouse gas emissions on British dairy farms			Discipline: carbon footprint; Keywords: production systems, milk yield, fertilizer use, manure management, rumen fermentation.