The Research Column

by Heinz Meissner

Click on any of the publications below to read more about the specific topic:

 

Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
Faciolosis in pasture-based dairy production systems.

Discipline: disease; Keywords: liver fluke, parasitic disease, lymnaeid snail, drug therapy, molluscicides, milk withdrawal period.

Probiotic viability and storage stability of yogurts and fermented milks prepared with several mixtures of lactic acid bacteria.

 

Discipline: probiotics: Key words: yogurt, fermented milk, probiotic viability, storage stability, sensory preference.                                                                  

Validity of prepartum changes in vaginal and rectal temperature to predict calving in dairy cows.

Discipline: reproduction; Key words: dairy cow, body temperature,

EFFECT OF ROUTINE CLAW TRIMMING ON CLAW TEMPERATURE IN DAIRY COWS MEASURED BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY

Discipline: animal welfare/ethics; Key words:infrared thermography,

GRAZING PATTERN OF DAIRY COWS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR DIVERGENT RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE AS CALVES

Discipline: grazing/pastures; Key words: dairy cow,

MILK PRODUCTION RESPONSES AND RFI ON HIGH AN LOW STARCH DIETS

Discipline: composition; Key words: diet starch concentration,

Effects of group housing of dairy calves on behaviour, cognition, performance, and health.

Discipline: calf raising: Key words: social isolation,

Role of bacterial endotoxins in the etiopathogenesis of periparturient diseases of transition dairy cows.

Discipline: disease; Key words: bacterial endotoxins,

Effect of time of maize silage supplementation on herbage intake, milk production, and nitrogen excretion of grazing dairy cows.

Discipline: pastures/grazing; key words: dairy cow,

Effect of gradual or abrupt cessation of milking at dry off on milk yield and somatic cell score in the subsequent lactation.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: milk cessation method, dry off, milk yield, somatic cell score