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Title	Date	Discipline	Extract	Keywords
MANAGING HEALTHY SOILS FOR SUSTAINABLE PASTURE PRODUCTION.			Discipline: grazing/pastures;	fertility, microbial biomass, microbial functional diversity, organic matter, total nitrogen, 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
PALM KERNEL EXPELLER AS AN INGREDIENT IN CONCENTRATE SUPPLEMENTATION ON PASTURES			Discipline: nutrition/feeding;	by-product, fibre-based concentrate, NDF, milk production, milk composition, rumen fermentation
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
Genomic tests for heat tolerance.			Discipline: Genetic parameters/QTL’s;	dairy cow, mammary gland, transcriptomic, thermic stress
IMPACT OF LIVER FLUKE ON DAIRY PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT.			Discipline: disease;	Fasciola, Lymnaea truncatula, prevalence, seasonal distribution, habitat, electric fencing
ALLEVIATING HEAT STRESS IN COWS BY SHADE STRUCTURES			Discipline: stress;	shade structure, rectal temperature, Jerseys, heat stress, comfort zone, blood cortisol
FORCED GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE			Discipline: environment;	climate change, climate variables, Maxent modelling, temperature-humidity index
TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO PROTEIN INSTABILITY IN MILK			Discipline: quality; Key words: flocculation, gelation, precipitation, clotting, roping, curdling
PROGRESS WITH STUDIES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MILK FLOCCULATION			Discipline: quality; Key words: milk flocculation, Alizarol test, plasmin, Bacillus, UHT milk.