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Dairy R&D in SA

Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Discipline: industry;

 

 dairy cow, dairy industry, milk production, milk price
Cross breeding Jersey with Angus for dual purpose production in smallholder systems.

Discipline: management; 

 cull heifers, crossbreeding, multiple calf rearing; beef production
KIKUYU-RYEGRASS PASTURES FOR DAIRYING: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOIL QUALITY AND YIELD?

Discipline: pasture/grazing; 

 environmental impacts, grazing system, herbage yield, over-sowing, soil nutrients, soil properties
SURVEY OF QUALITY OF MAIZE SILAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 

 maize silage, compaction, aerobic stability, survey
IS THEIR MERIT IN CROSSBREEDING?

Discipline: breeding;

 resistance, Fleckvieh x Jersey, fertility, crossbreeding
EASY TO USE APPROACHES TO CULL COWS.

Discipline: genetic improvement; Key words: Efficiency, breeding values, Component value, alternative Kleiber ratio, Gaines formula.

TO WHAT EXTENT CAN CITRUS PULP REPLACE MAIZE IN THE DAIRY COW CONCENTRATE?

Discipline: feeding/nutrition; Key words: Fruit waste, maize alternatives, pasture degradability, starch, supplementation. 
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:
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF MASTITIS CAUSING ORGANISMS

The dairy industry is a major consumer of antibiotics globally and mastitis is the most treated disease of dairy cows. In South Africa, producers have unrestricted access to 12 of 22 registered within-udder antibiotic products without prescription, whereas the remaining 10 registered products are restricted for veterinary use. It is conceivable that the antibiotics available without prescription may be used incorrectly and may contribute to the emergence and/or persistence of antibiotic-resistant strains. 
PROGRESS WITH LIVER FLUKE RESEARCH IN THE TSITSIKAMMA

Some interesting results have been reported by Dr Jan van Wyk, who is responsible for the Milk SA project: Fasciola hepatica: Impact on Dairy Production and Sustainable Management on Selected Farms in South Africa. The report is from the fourth quarter of 2018.