These are the Executive Summaries of the projects completed since 2010. Recent project and their results are published on this website. Project documents are loaded as it becomes available. Please keep referring to this page to track the progress of your own projects.
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Executive Summaries for projects completed in 2021
- F3 Study on Brucellosis in communal and small-holder farming areas in South Africa
- F3 Rapid detection of pyrethroid and amitraz acaricide status of R. microplus and R. decoloratus ticks
- FA4 Manufacturing of blood sausages
- FA4 Toxoplasmosis of Q-fever in slaughter animals in abattoirs
- FA4 Shelf-life extension of ruminant meat with fruit-based natural preservatives
Executive Summaries for projects completed in 2020
- FA2 Genotype imputation to improve for genomic selection
- FA3 TrichLabCheck – A voluntary trichomonosis inter laboratory comparison project in South Africa
- FA2 Larvicide testing for blackfly control
- FA2 Detection of Mycobacterium spp. In slaughter cattle at Gauteng abattoirs
- FA2 Muscle profiling to add value to beef chuck, thin flank and topside
- FA2 STEC from feedlot to abattoir
- FA2 Exploring the financial implications of creating endemic stability as a control strategy
- Pork Pork consumption and perceptions in Gauteng and the Western Cape
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2019
- FA1 Modeling veld production using MODIS LAI – Phase 3
- FA2 Genetic markers for Haemonchus contortus in sheep
- FA2 Genotype imputation for indigenous beef cattle
- FA2 Genetic diversity of landrace cattle breeds
- FA2 Gene expression: Nguni and Bonsmara
- FA2 Inheritance patterns of Polled and scur genes in South African beef breeds
- FA3 Recombinant immunoglobulins for diagnostic applications
- FA3 Anthelmintic properties of South African Plants
- FA3 Feedlot pre-condition and performance
- FA4 Red Meat Nutrient Content Database
- FA4 The protein quality of animal sources of protein
- FA4 On-the-hook ageing of beef
- FA4 The retention and yield factors for meat
- FA4 Nutrient density vs carbon footprints of foods
- FA4 Investigate the low-, middle- and high-income WC consumer’s perception towards beef & sheep meat
- Investigating the low-, middle- and high-income Western Cape consumer’s perception towards beef and sheep meat
- FA5 Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Beef
- FA5 Principal-agent behaviour in the lamb/mutton supply chain
- FA5 Consumer purchasing behaviour of red meat
- FA6 The impact of predation on wildlife
- FA6 Use of guard animals of farms in South Africa
- Pork Occurrence of mycotoxins in pork
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2018
- FA1 Methane and nitrous oxide from beef cattle manure
- FA1 Does short grazing work in grasslands?
- FA2 Evaluation of methane measuring techniques
- FA2 Landscape genomics in South Africa
- FA2 Crossbreeding Afrikaner, Bonsmara and Nguni cows
- FA2 Marker detection in beef cattle II
- FA2 Genomic markers in beef tenderness
- FA2 Discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms
- FA4 Chilling and electrical stimulation of beef carcasses
- FA4 Animal welfare, stress biomarkers and meat quality
- FA4 Lamb and Mutton Quality Audit
- FA4 Slaughter conditions to optimise chevon meat quality
- FA4 Genetic study on wet carcass syndrome
- FA4 Nutrient content of lamb and mutton offal
- FA5 Dairy ranching for beef and milk
- FA5 Formal and Informal Red Meat Industry in the Western Cape
- FA6 Karoo Predator Project
- FA6 Jackal ecology on reserves and farms
- FA6 Jackal ecology on reserves and farms PA Businessday_08-02-2017
- FA4 Effects of growth enhancers on residues in lamb
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2017
- FA3 Heartwater survey on changes and causes
- FA3 Blackfly outbreak predictive model
- FA3 Heterosis – beef sensory and leather quality traits
- FA3 Shinga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef Toxin
- FA4 Brine Injection of Beef
- FA4 Amino Acid Composition of South African Beef
- FA4 Methane and nitrous oxide from beef cattle manure
- FA4 Effects of growth enhancers on residue in lamb (year)
- FA4,5 Improved red meat marketing in South Africa
- FA7 Financial implications of methods used to control livestock theft
- Pork Sodium proficiency testing of processed pork products
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2016
- FA2 Agri Benchmark beef and sheep
- FA2 Genomics for SA Beef industry
- FA2 Supplementation of ruminants on winter pasture
- FA5 Price transmission in the red meat value chain
- Pork Pig Leanness insulin-like Growth Factor 2
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2015
- Epitope mapping Heartwater proteins
- High LSM consumers’ perception
- Optimal mature weight in beef cattle
- Package information on fresh red meat
- Reducing enteric methane emissions
- Tick vaccine development
- Testing Heartwater vaccine in Friesian cattle
- FA2 Optimal mature weight in beef cattle
- Socio-economic impact of WA-MCF in cattle in SA
- Testing Heartwater vaccine in Friesian cattle
- PORK Pig Leanness insulin-like Growth Factor 2
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2014
- Risk decision support system for cattle farming
- FA1, 2 Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry
- Characterization of breed additive and heterosis effects
- Food composition of raw and cooked beef offal
- Zoonotic foodborne pathogens in rural cattle
- Environmental descriptions influencing performance in beef cattle
- Beef cattle management and system development
- Nutrient content in South African beef
- Improved production efficiency in beef cattle
- Worm control with remote integrated system technology
- Beta agonists, animal age and beef quality
- Genotype and beef attributes
- Heme iron in sheep, beef and pork meat
- Probiotics in a porcine gastro-intestinal model
- Low-income consumer’s perception to beef and sheep meat
- Middle income consumer’s perception to beef and sheep meat
- Management of problem causing animals
- Impact of predation on beef cattle
- Establishment of economic and management study groups for sheep, goats and cattle
- Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock
- Tick vaccine development
- FA3 2 Tick vaccine development PA – Figures and Tables_FINAL
- FA5 Economic study groups – Sheep, Goats, Cattle
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2013
- FA2 Innovative management to increase beef productivity in South Africa
- FA2 Marker detection in beef cattle
- FA2 Evaluation of genetic relationship between milk yield and weaning weight in beef cattle in the sub-tropics
- FA3 Investigate Babesia bovis vaccine breakthroughs
- FA3 Anti-Boophilus microplus vaccine identification via DNA microarrays Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3
- FA3 Pilot study on investigating the current status and changes in the pest blackfly (Diptera: Simulidae) problem on the Orage River
- FA4 South African Retail Beef Quality Audit
- FA4 Validation of standard quality control methods, the newly developed bacterial PCR method and vaccine safety tests
- FA6 Economic and management study groups for Sheep, Goats and Cattle
- Pork/ The effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid supplementation on pig production efficiency and meat quality
- Pork Probiotics in a porcine gastro-intestinal model
- FA7 Traceability systems for the governance of alternative sheep meat quality attributes in fresh sheep meat supply chains in South Africa
Executive summaries for projects completed in 2010 – 2012
(Available on request from RMRDSA Office)
- Executive summaries for projects completed in 2010 and 2011
- 2010 – Executive summaries for projects completed
- 2010- Executive summaries of projects
- 2011 – Executive summaries and literature reviews Vol I
- 2011 – Executive summaries and literature reviews Vol II
- 2012 – Executive summaries and literature reviews
- 2013 – Executive summaries and literature reviews
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