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Dairy R&D in SA

by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF ADDING YEASTS TO CHEDDAR CHEESE STARTER CULTURES.

Discipline: cheese; 

 Cheddar, adjunct, Debaryomyces hansenii, Yarrowia lipolytica
VARIATION IN HERD SIZE AND MILK PRODUCTION ON SOUTH AFRICAN FARMS IN RELATION TO BENCHMARK INDICATORS.

Discipline: Industry; 

 milk yield, efficiency, herd size, statistics
PRODUCTIVITY OF KIKUYU–RYEGRASS PASTURE AS AFFECTED BY METHOD OF CULTIVATION.

Discipline: grazing/pastures; 

 cultivated pastures, pasture establishment, plant production, soil disturbance, tillage
GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOLSTEIN CATTLE IN REPRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION TRAITS

Discipline: genetic evaluation; 

 

 age at first calving, milk production, total mixed ration, pasture
DIVERSITY OF SPORE-FORMING SPOILAGE ORGANISMS AND THEIR ABILITY TO ATTACH TO STAINLESS STEEL.

Discipline: contamination; 

 Diversity of spore formers, extended shelflife milk, B.cereus, M.luteus, biofilm, spores
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
CARBON FOOTPRINT ESTIMATES SOMETIMES PROVIDE SURPRISING RESULTS.

Discipline: environment: 

 Cow-calf production, methane, pasture production, production levels, total mixed ration
YEAST EXTRACT CAN ACCELERATE FERMENTATION TIME OF YOGURT.

Discipline: yogurt; 

Researchers at the University of the Free State investigated whether the fermentation process in manufacturing yogurt could be accelerated on the premise that if successful, the cost of production should decrease. For that purpose they used as additive a water soluble auto-lysate of yeast, which is usually utilised for microbial growth support.

 peptides, accelerated fermentation, yogurt, yeast extract
WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SOMATIC CELL COUNT?

Discipline: Economics;

 

 Relative economic value, somatic cell score, breeding objectives
BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY: IS THIS THE WAY TO GO WITH MASTITIS?

Discipline: mastitis; 

 bacteriophage, biological control, bovine mastitis, sensitivity assays, Staphylococcus aureus