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Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
IMPORTANCE OF DEDICATED R & D FOR THE DAIRY SECTOR

Discipline: industry; 

Structural changes in the SA dairy industry

 structure, MPO, SAMPRO, competitive science, demand-driven research, functional farming tactics
IMPACT OF LIVER FLUKE ON DAIRY PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT.

Discipline: disease; 

 Fasciola, Lymnaea truncatula, prevalence, seasonal distribution, habitat, electric fencing
INTEGRATED CONTROL OF LIVER FLUKE IN DAIRY CATTLE.

Discipline: disease; 

With my regular column of DAIRY R & D IN SA on the website, I from time to time will give feedback on research projects which Milk SA funds. This will deal with progress and plans for the next year or phase. This project by the researchers at UKZN is in its first year of implementation and is envisaged to continue to at least 2019.

 bio-control, snail, alternate host, Fasciola, metacercariae
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
BACTERIOPHAGES AS MEASURE TO CONTROL STAPH. AUREUS MASTITIS.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 bacteriophages, Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic resistance
REDUCTION OF PRODUCT LOSS IN DAIRY FOODS MANUFACTURING.

Discipline: industry; 

Product loss in the dairy processing industry is about 3% of the processing volume. The loss can be reduced and energy consumption and waste treatment costs can be decreased substantially by real-time online Total Organic Carbon (TOC) monitoring in a process or waste water stream.

 product loss, total organic carbon, waste treatment costs, BioTector, TSAO
Molecular characterization of Staph aureus associated with the cow-human interface.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 Staphylococcus aureus, molecular typing, methicillin, clonality, PCR
Cross breeding Jersey with Angus for dual purpose production in smallholder systems.

Discipline: management; 

 cull heifers, crossbreeding, multiple calf rearing; beef production
Efficacy of bacteriophage therapy against mastitis-causing Staph aureus.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic resistance, bacteriophages
Genomic tests for heat tolerance.

Discipline: Genetic parameters/QTL’s;

 dairy cow, mammary gland, transcriptomic, thermic stress