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by Heinz Meissner

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Title Date Discipline Extract Keywords
ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE, SURVIVAL, SOMATIC CELL SCORE BETWEEN POSTPARTUM HOLSTEIN AND NORWEGIAN RED X HOLSTEIN FIRST-CALF HEIFERS.

Discipline: mastitis; Key words: crossbreeding, immune response, phenotypic correlations, somatic cell score, survival.

Feeding, production, and efficiency of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and mixed-breed lactating dairy cows in commercial Danish herds

Discipline: lactation; Key words: Jersey, Holstein,

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

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

The average culling rate of Dutch dairy herds over the years 2007 to 2010 and its association with herd reproduction, performance and health

Discipline: management; Key words: average culling rate; dairy herd; replacement heifer; herd characteristic.

HEALTH ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS OF MILK AND DAIRY FOODS

Discipline: dairy & health; Key words: gouda-type cheese, glucose tolerance, dairy food intake, cognitive function, cow’s milk oestrogen, cancer.
VARIATION IN THE INTER-SERVICE INTERVALS OF DAIRY COWS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Discipline: reproduction; Keywords: inter-service interval, inter-ovulatory interval, o
ABSENCE OF GROWTH OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN NATURALLY CONTAMINATED CHEDDAR CHEESE.

Discipline: cheese; Keywords: natural contamination, farmhouse cheese, Listeria monocytogenes, food safety.

Genetic parameters for predicted production and potential for reducing enteric methane emissions through genomic selection.

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

Effect of heat stress during the dry period on mammary gland development

Discipline: stress; Key words: heat stress, dry period,

A study on cow comfort and risk for lameness and mastitis in relation to different types of bedding materials

Discipline: cow comfort; Key words: bedding material, lying behavior,