The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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by Heinz Meissner

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

THE EFFECT OF HEAT STRESS ON MILK PROTEIN WITH RELEVANCE TO CHEESE MANUFACTURING
Discipline: stress; Key words: heat stress
Early pair housing increases solid feed intake and weight gains in dairy calves.
Discipline: calf raising; Key words: weaning,
GRAZING PATTERN OF DAIRY COWS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR DIVERGENT RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE AS CALVES
Discipline: grazing/pastures; Key words: dairy cow
THE EFFECT OF CLOVE AND CINNAMON ON REDUCTION OF STAPH AUREUS BIOFILM FORMATION
Discipline: contamination; Key words: mastitis,
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.
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.
Low body condition predisposes cattle to lameness: An 8-year study of one dairy herd.
Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words: lameness,
FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN DAIRY COWS: REPEATABILITY, VARIATION IN DIGESTION AND METABOLISM OF ENERGY AND NITROGEN, AND RUMINAL METHANOGENS.
Discipline: genetic variation; Key words: feed efficiency,
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.
Feeding, production, and efficiency of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and mixed-breed lactating dairy cows in commercial Danish herds
Discipline: lactation; Key words: Jersey,