Dairy R&D in SA

Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SOMATIC CELL COUNT?

Discipline: Economics;

 

Relative economic value, somatic cell score, breeding objectives
POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF ADDING YEASTS TO CHEDDAR CHEESE STARTER CULTURES.

Discipline: cheese; 

Cheddar, adjunct, Debaryomyces hansenii, Yarrowia lipolytica
THE EFFECT OF DIETARY ENERGY SOURCE ON METABOLISM AND MILK PRODUCTION OF COWS.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; 

energy sources, high starch, palm fatty acids, NEFA, milk production, milk composition
IMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICALITIES OF GHG MITIGATION.

Discipline: environment; 

GHG, AFOLU, carbon sequestration, production systems, pilot trials, training
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
LUCERNE LEAF MEAL FOR PRE-WEANED DAIRY CALVES

Discipline: calf raising; 

The cost of supplementation is always a factor to be considered in calf starter diets. A nutritious and less expensive substitute in a supplement of a commercial pelleted concentrate is a possibility and lucerne leaf-meal was consequently considered by the authors referenced below.

Concentrate, Daisy II incubator, forage, lucerne leaf-meal, in vitro degradability
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTEOLYTIC PSYCHROTROPHS AS A CAUSE OF MILK FLOCCULATION / PROTEIN INSTABILITY

Discipline: quality; 

The report here is part of the Milk SA R & D programme to find solutions to the milk flocculation problem in the dairy industry. The investigation on the influence of psychrotrophic bacteria is by Prof Celia Hugo and postgraduate students at the University of the Free State. 

psychrotrophic bacteria, milk flocculation, raw milk, cold storage, Psychro-Fast test, hygiene practices
SURVIVAL OF ACID AND SALT STRESSED LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN CHEESE.

Discipline: contamination; Key words: Listeria monocytogenes, listeriosis, soft cheese, stress

PRODUCTIVE LIFETIME AND LIFETIME EFFICIENCY IN HOLSTEIN COWS.

Discipline: breeding; Key words: lifetime efficiency, productive life, Holstein cows.

ARE GOALS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMPATABLE?

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