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Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
Milk fatty acid concentration as affected by breed and stage of lactation.

Discipline: dairy & health; 

Background provided by the authors:

 desaturase activity, genotype, pasture, conjugated fatty acids
BEHAVIOR OF HOLSTEINS, JERSEYS AND THEIR CROSSES ON PASTURE OF FORT HARE

Discipline: pasture/grazing: 

 season, genotype, feeding behaviour, milk yield, temperature
DIRECTIVES AND GUIDELINES TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT.

Discipline: environment: 

 GHG, mitigation, production efficiency, herd composition, minimum tillage, electricity, transport, feed additives
IMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICALITIES OF GHG MITIGATION.

Discipline: environment; 

 GHG, AFOLU, carbon sequestration, production systems, pilot trials, training
HERD STRUCTURE AND LONGEVITY IN HOLSTEIN AND JERSEY HERDS.

Discipline: management; 

 Holsteins, Jerseys, herd structure, lactation number, milk yield
A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Discipline: industry;

 

 dairy cow, dairy industry, milk production, milk price
WITHIN UDDER INFECTIONS IN PREGNANT HEIFERS WHICH WERE HOUSED TOGETHER AND REARED ON FRESH MILK AS CALVES.

Discipline: mastitis; 

 within udder infections, co-housed calves, milk-fed, Staphylococcus aureus, prevalence in heifers
THE RUMEN ORGANISM MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII CAN ASSIST DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF PRE-WEANED CALVES.

Discipline: calf raising; 

 Megasphaera elsdenii, β-hydroxybutyrate, rumen development, neonatal calves, starter intake, weaning
DAIRY PRODUCTION EXPERIMENTS FOR FARMERS IN THE DEVELOPING SECTOR.

Discipline: management; 

 

 Nguni, Jersey, crossbred, milk production, subtropical environment
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIFIC AMINO ACIDS IN DAIRY COW DIETS.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 

 spot urine purine, estimated microbial flow, plasma amino acids, protein feeding