The Research Column | Milk South Africa

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The effect of different pre-cooling rates and cold storage on milk microbiological quality and composition.
Discipline: management; Key words: milk pre-cooling, milk microbiological quality, energy, milk storage.
Plant oil supplements reduce methane emissions and improve milk fatty acid composition in dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets without affecting milk yield.
Discipline: feed additive; Key words: lipids, methane, milk fatty acids, microbial diversity.
Efficacy of colostrum replacer versus maternal colostrum on immunological status, health, and growth of preweaned dairy calves.
Discipline: calf rearing; Key words: calf, colostrum, colostrum replacer, passive transfer.
Meta-analysis to predict the effects of metabolizable amino acids on dairy cattle performance.
Discipline: supplementation; Key words: amino acids, milk protein, meta-analysis, immune-metabolism, methionine, transition period.
Consumer acceptance of dairy products with a saturated fatty acid–reduced, monounsaturated fatty acid–enriched content
Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: cardiovascular disease, consumer acceptance, dairy product, monounsaturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid.
Engineering to support wellbeing of dairy animals.
Discipline: management; Key words:dairy technologies, biomarkers, health, welfare, husbandry, review.
Evaluation of an ear-attached movement sensor to record cow feeding behaviour and activity.
Discipline: management; Key words: sensor technology, dairy cow behaviour, ruminating.
The genetic and biological basis of feed efficiency in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows.
Discipline: genetic evaluation; Key words: genome-wide association study, residual feed intake, feed efficiency.
Digestibility and clover proportion determine milk production when silages of different grass and clover species are fed to dairy cows
Discipline: pasture/grazing; Key words: legume, organic matter digestibility, eating behaviour, drinking behaviour, faeces score
Changes in animal performance and profitability of Holstein dairy operations after introduction of crossbreeding with Montbéliarde, Normande, and Scandinavian Red.
Discipline: breeding; Key words: dairy crossbreeding, animal performance, profitability, modelling.