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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
Winter and spring variation in milk yield and milk mineral composition on pasture in the south-eastern cape			Discipline: Composition;	genotype, crossbred, pasture, milk yield, mineral content
WATER MANAGEMENT ON FARMS.			Discipline: environment;	blue and green water, veld management, water quality, waste disposal
CHARACTERIZATION OF ESHERICHIA COLI STRAINS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE PRESENT IN BULK MILK.			Discipline: contamination;	E.coli, foodborne pathogens, virulence, antibiotic resistance, shigatoxin, bulk milk
STAPHYLOCOCCI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM CATTLE MASTITIS CASES AND PEOPLE IN CONTACT, AND THEIR ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY.			Discipline: mastitis;	Staphylococcus spp., bovine mastitis, antimicrobial resistance, close human contact
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIFIC AMINO ACIDS IN DAIRY COW DIETS.			Discipline: nutrition/feeding;	spot urine purine, estimated microbial flow, plasma amino acids, protein feeding
BEHAVIOR OF HOLSTEINS, JERSEYS AND THEIR CROSSES ON PASTURE OF FORT HARE			Discipline: pasture/grazing:	season, genotype, feeding behaviour, milk yield, temperature
HISTORY OF PASTURE CULTIVATION FOR DAIRY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN CAPE AND ALARMING SIGNS OF SOIL FERTILITY STATUS.			Discipline: grazing/pastures;	cultivated pastures, fertilisation, nutrient cycling, phosphorus, soil fertility
CONTROL OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BY BACTERIOPHAGES – A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT.			Discipline: mastitis; Principal researcher: Dr Iona Basdew, UKZN	Staph. aureus, mastitis, in vivo control, bacteriophages
FORCED GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE			Discipline: environment;	climate change, climate variables, Maxent modelling, temperature-humidity index
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BACTERIAL PROTEASE AND PLASMIN INDUCED MILK FLOCCULATION.			Discipline: shelf life; Key words: milk flocculation, heat exposure, proteases, plasmin, psychrotrophic bacteria, MILQC software.