Prof James Blignaut
ASSET Research
- A systems dynamic approach to incorporate environmental indicators into economic outcomes of dairy production systems in SA
- Estimation of the on-farm carbon capture and storage capacity within different dairy production systems: A system dynamics approach
- Application of the systems dynamics model to estimate the relative environmental footprint of milk and milk imitations
Tania Blignaut
Dairy Standard Agency
- Impact of Good Agricultural Practice interventions on the South African Dairy Industry
Ian Bredin
Institute of Natural Resources
- The development of best practice guidelines for improved wetland and river management on dairy farms
Jompie Burger
Dairy Standard Agency
- A comparison of methods for determining antibiotic residues in milk
- The practical implementation of requirements of the SA National Standard SANS 1694: The welfare of dairy cattle validation by using the DSA Audit – The Welfare of Dairy Cattle
- PhD studies for Chane Pretorius – Re Regulation 1555 coliform specifications
- Establishment of a rapid test method for the detection of psychrotolerant bacteria and proteolytic enzymes in milk
Prof Elna Buys
University of Pretoria
- Development of probiotic yoghurt with potential anti-candidal and anti-bacterial activity
Dr Mark Chimes
Milk South Africa
- Programme Manager – Animal Health and Welfare
Dr Anthony Davis
- Literature review of Facial Eczema relevant to South Africa
- Diagnostic investigation of sporidesmin toxicity: Histological study
Sporidesmin Toxicity in Dairy Cattle – Snapshot Study
Anton Gresse
Milk Producers’ Organisation
- Performance measures of automatic milking systems (AMS) data in South Africa
Prof Celia Hugo
University of the Free State
- The significance of proteolytic psychrotrophs as a cause of milk flocculation / protein instability
- Evaluation and validation of methods for the detection of psychrotolerant bacteria and proteolytic enzymes in milk
Elizabeth Kuhn
Chemunique
- The seasonal effect on dairy cow trace mineral status in the Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape.
Prof Mark Laing
University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Bacteriophages and Bacteriocins
- Integrated Control of Fasciolosis (Liver Flukes) of cattle
- Biological control of the host snails of Fasciola spp. in South Africa
- Use of NIR to detect and quantify mastitic bacteria in cow’s milk
Prof André Louw
University of Pretoria
- An investigation into specific aspects of dairy industries in selected African countries
Prof Robin Meeske
Western Cape Agriculture Research Trust
- The effect of dietary Ca : P ratio on milk flocculation and milk composition of Jersey cows
- The effect of potassium content of pastures on heat stability
Dr Heinz Meissner
Milk SA Research and Development Programme Manager
- Co-ordination, support and promotion of needs-driven research & development in the South African dairy industry.
Dr Carel Muller
Stellenbosch University
- Developing efficiency measures for production parameters in dairy herds using automatic milk recording system data
Dr Colin Ohlhoff
Milk South Africa
- Programme Manager: Environmental Sustainability
Dr Inge-Marie Petzer
University of Pretoria
- Antimicrobial resistance on dairy farms – Screening mastitis causing coliforms for the production of extended spectrum Beta-lactamases and Colistin resistance
- Identification of Streptococcus uberis strains and biofilm expression isolated from milk samples of SA dairy herds
- Non-aureus staphylococci (NAS), also known as coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS), as a potential bacterial threat to udder health in South African dairy herds
- Evaluation and standardisation of antibiotic susceptibility testing methods used in South African dairy herds for routine diagnostic and research purposes
- Investigation of take-off time in milking machines in South African dairies
Dr Pieter Swanepoel
Stellenbosch University
- System oriented strategies to reduce nitrogen excretion and emissions from dairy farming in South Africa
- The impact of fertiliser application rates on soil health and pasture yield in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Dr Martin van der Leek
University of Pretoria
- Resistance to available antibiotics in lactating cows with mastitis
- Bulk tank milk testing
Prof Esté van Marle-Koster
University of Pretoria
- An assessment of cow welfare traits in South African Holstein herds
- Investigation of Alternative Precision Recording Systems for Collection of Novel Phenomes in the Dairy Industry
Dr Jan van Wyk
University of Pretoria
- Fasciola hepatica: Impact on dairy production and sustainable management on selected farms in South Africa
Dr Neriman Yilmaz
University of Pretoria
- Exploring the facial eczema problem in dairy cattle in the Eastern Cape of, South Africa, with a focus on the fungus Pseudopithomyces chartarum