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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
Potential for improving the carbon footprint of butter and blend products

Discipline: carbon footprint; Keywords: GHG emissions, vegetable oil, fat content, type of packaging. 
Bioactive peptides: Production and functionality.

Discipline: dairy & health; Keywords: nutritional and functional activities, major body systems, antioxidative and antihypertensity properties.

Resistance to antibiotics by microbial pathogens.

Discipline: antibiotics; Keywords: mastitis causing organisms, performance, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococci, Klebsiella, SCC, drugs.
The effect of improving cow productivity, fertility, and longevity on the global warming potential of dairy systems.

Discipline: environment; Key words: production system, global warming potential, land use, fertility, efficiency.
Genetic parameters for predicted production and potential for reducing enteric methane emissions through genomic selection.

Discipline: carbon footprint; Key words: methane emission, feed efficiency,

FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN DAIRY COWS: REPEATABILITY, VARIATION IN DIGESTION AND METABOLISM OF ENERGY AND NITROGEN, AND RUMINAL METHANOGENS.

Discipline: genetic variation; Key words: feed efficiency, energy metabolism,

THE EFFECT OF A HIGH-STARCH DIET AND MONENSIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE AND METABOLISM OF COWS IN EARLY LACTATION

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Keywords: early lactation, starch,

USE OF CHEESE WHEY FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND SPRAY-DRYING FOR PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLI

Discipline: whey; Key words: cheese whey; whey permeate; ricotta whey; biomass; probiotics; spray drying.
The effect of storage temperature and duration on the microbial quality of bulk tank milk

Discipline: contamination; Keywords: raw milk, milk storage,

Estimating efficiency in automatic milking systems.

Discipline: management; Key words: automatic milking,