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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
Effect of mixing during fermentation in yogurt manufacturing.

Discipline: yogurt; Keywords: lactic acid bacteria, stirring, low-speed agitation, process time, acidity profile, microbiological dynamics.

Is agitation during fermentation beneficial to yogurt characteristics? This question was addressed by E.J. Aguirre-Ezkauriatza and coworkers in a study entitled: Effect of mixing during fermentation in yogurt manufacturing, which was published in the Journal of Dairy Science (2008), Volume 91, pages 4454-4465.
Sensory analysis of dairy foods.

Discipline: sensory; Keywords: texture, aroma, flavour, taste, scorecard judging, analytical sensory tests, descriptive analysis.

Is sensory analysis a valuable tool to the dairy product manufacturer? M.A. Drake was invited by the American Dairy Science Association to review the work done on sensory appraisal. The title of his Review which was published in the Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 90 of 2007, page 4925 to 4937, was appropriately: Sensory Analysis of Dairy Foods.
Influence of continuous selection for improved milk yields and other productivity measures

Discipline: breeding; Keywords: productivity measures, inbreeding, longevity, replacement costs, heritability, fitness traits.
Greenhouse gas emissions on British dairy farms

Discipline: carbon footprint; Keywords: production systems, milk yield, fertilizer use, manure management, rumen fermentation.
Faciolosis in pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: liver fluke, parasitic disease, lymnaeid snail, drug therapy, molluscicides, milk withdrawal period.

Probiotic viability and storage stability of yogurts and fermented milks prepared with several mixtures of lactic acid bacteria.

 

Discipline: probiotics: Key words: yogurt, fermented milk, probiotic viability, storage stability, sensory preference.                                                                  

Validity of prepartum changes in vaginal and rectal temperature to predict calving in dairy cows.

Discipline: reproduction; Key words: dairy cow, body temperature,

EFFECT OF ROUTINE CLAW TRIMMING ON CLAW TEMPERATURE IN DAIRY COWS MEASURED BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY

Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words:infrared thermography,

GRAZING PATTERN OF DAIRY COWS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR DIVERGENT RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE AS CALVES

Discipline: grazing/pastures; Key words: dairy cow,

MILK PRODUCTION RESPONSES AND RFI ON HIGH AN LOW STARCH DIETS

Discipline: composition; Key words: diet starch concentration,