Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO PROTEIN INSTABILITY IN MILK

Discipline: quality; Key words:  flocculation, gelation, precipitation, clotting, roping, curdling

ARE HIGH POTASSIUM LEVELS IN PASTURES A CAUSATIVE FACTOR OF MILK FLOCCULATION?

Discipline: milk; Key words: processing, casein integrity, Alizarol test, potassium, milk fat.

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BACTERIAL PROTEASE AND PLASMIN INDUCED MILK FLOCCULATION.

Discipline: shelf life; Key words: milk flocculation, heat exposure, proteases, plasmin, psychrotrophic bacteria, MILQC software.

CARBON TAX OR OFFSETS – POSITION OF AGRI SA.

Discipline: environment; Key words: GHG emissions, carbon tax, carbon offsets, DEA.

SURVIVAL OF ACID AND SALT STRESSED LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN CHEESE.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: Listeria monocytogenes, listeriosis, soft cheese, stress

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MASTITIS ON FARM CAN REDUCE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, antimicrobial resistance, on-farm management. 

IS THEIR MERIT IN CROSSBREEDING?

Discipline: breeding;

THE 2016 MILK SA MPO MASTITIS SURVEY – GENERAL UDDER HEALTH

Discipline: mastitis; 

FORCED GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Discipline: environment; 

BLOOD PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS IN SMALLHOLDER JERSEY COWS.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 


Smallholder production systems often lack feed sources with sufficient nutrients to support milk production. Of particular significance is the level of protein in the diets during early lactation. The authors referenced below therefore investigated a scenario of this kind by measuring serum protein concentration of pre-calving and early lactation Jersey cows kept under semi-intensive management on smallholder farms.