The Research Column

by Heinz Meissner

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

Enteric methane in dairy cattle production: Quantifying the opportunities and impact of reducing emissions.

Discipline: carbon footprint; Key words: enteric methane, methanogen, feed efficiency, lifetime productivity, mitigation.
Estimating efficiency in automatic milking systems.

Discipline: management; Key words: automatic milking,
Ethical consumerism and sustainable production

Discipline: ethics; Keywords: animal welfare, improving efficiency, traditional systems, organic production, carbon footprint.
Evaluating the effectiveness of mastitis vaccines and the current status of vaccine development

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: vaccines, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, coliforms, biofilms
Evaluation of an ear-attached movement sensor to record cow feeding behaviour and activity.

Discipline: management; Key words: sensor technology, dairy cow behaviour, ruminating.
Faciolosis in pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: liver fluke, parasitic disease, lymnaeid snail, drug therapy, molluscicides, milk withdrawal period.
Factors associated with the financial performance of spring-calving, pasture-based dairy farms

Discipline: economics; Key words: dairy, grassland,
FAT SUPPLEMENTATION AS AFFECTED BY FORAGE FIBRE IN DIETS OF HIGH-PRODUCING COWS

Discipline: feed additives; Key words: dietary forage neutral detergent fiber, early lactation,
Feeding, production, and efficiency of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and mixed-breed lactating dairy cows in commercial Danish herds

Discipline: lactation; Key words: Jersey, Holstein,
Genetic evaluation of susceptibility to, and recoverability from, mastitis in dairy cows.

Discipline: mastitis; Keywords: genetic evaluation, udder health, susceptibility to and recoverability from mastitis, SCC, heritability.