The Research Column

by Heinz Meissner

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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.
Addition of meloxicam to the treatment of bovine clinical mastitis results in a net economic benefit to the dairy farmer.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bovine clinical mastitis, fertility, economics, animal health management.
Adoption of technology, management practices, and production systems in US milk production.

Discipline: technology adoption; Keywords: structural changes, labour, efficient operations, holding pen, udder washer, breeding technologies, coputerized milking systems.
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.
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF MASTITIS-CAUSING PATHOGENS AND BACTERIOCINS AS ALTERNATIVE CONTROL METHOD

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: antibiotic resistance, biofilm, Staphylococcus aureus, bacteriocin, Caenorhabditis elegans, in vivo screening platform.
Associations of soft flooring materials in free stalls with milk yield, clinical mastitis, teat lesions, and removal of dairy cows.

Discipline: housing; Keywords: thermal protection, durable lying surfaces, behaviour, free-stall lying surface softness, culling.

Is there an advantage to having soft flooring material instead of concrete? A recent Danish study investigated whether this was indeed the case; reference: L.E. Ruud, K.E. Bøe and O. Østerås. Associations of soft flooring materials in free stalls with milk yield, clinical mastitis, teat lesions, and removal of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science (2010) Volume 93, pages 1578-1586
Bacterial counts on teat skin and in new sand, recycled sand, and recycled manure solids used as bedding in freestalls.

Discipline: housing: Key words: mastitis,
Bifidobacterium bifidum YIT 10347 fermented milk exerts beneficial effects on gastrointestinal discomfort and symptoms in healthy adults: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: probiotics, functional dyspepsia, gastro-intestinal symptom, healthy adult.

People occasionally experience digestive discomfort such as abdominal pain, stomach heaviness and acidic regurgitation. These symptoms can occur in the presence or absence
Bioactive peptides: Production and functionality.

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