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Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract
MEDICINAL PLANTS TO CONTROL MASTITIS PATHOGENS.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: bovine mastitis, ethnoveterinary medicine, antibacterial activity,  cytotoxicity. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF EMERGING SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMERS.

Discipline: development; Key words: entrepreneurship, dairy cattle, food security, indigenous knowledge systems.

The authors referenced below did a case study in the local municipality areas of Matatiele and Groblersdal to explore and identify the drivers of dairy smallholder farmer decisions. They found the following as determining factors:

  • dairy farming is dominated by male farmers who were over 60 years old;
INTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF EMERGING SMALLHODER DAIRY FARMERS.

Discipline: development; Key words: entrepreneurship, dairy cattle, food security, indigenous knowledge systems.

The authors referenced below did a case study in the local municipality areas of Matatiele and Groblersdal to explore and identify the drivers of dairy smallholder farmer decisions. They found the following as determining factors:

  • dairy farming is dominated by male farmers who were over 60 years old;
INVENTORY OF DAIRY R & D IN SA IN THE PERIOD 2015 – 2017.

  1. PROJECTS, CAPACITIES AND PUBLICATIONS BY PROGRAMME LEADER AT INSTITUTION.

     

  1. Banga, Cuthbert and others - ARC-Irene.

    Projects:
IS EXISTING ‘CLEANING IN PLACE’ PROCEDURES ALWAYS EFFECTIVE?

Discipline: food safety; Key words: Bacillus cereus, spores, Extended Shelf Life milk, CIP, heat and chemicals, biofilms.
THRESHOLDS OF SCC IN COMPOSITE AND QUARTER SAMPLES TO INDICATE UDDER INFECTION.

 Discipline: udder health; Key words: SCC, quarter milk samples, composite samples, threshold, udder infection. 
SPOILAGE POTENTIAL OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: identification, spoilage, Chryseobacterium, Empedobacter, dairy  
SUMMARIZED REPORT OF PROGRESS WITH PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2017.

Discipline: management; Key words: liver fluke, mastitis, milk flocculation, performance.

AN UPDATE ON THE VALUE OF STARCH AND LIPID ADDITION TO THE COW DIET

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Keywords: Digestion, energy nutrients, metabolism, milk production, reproduction.
ARE GOALS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMPATABLE?

Discipline: economics; Key words: sustainability, environmental impact, total factor productivity, pasture-based dairy.