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Dairy Research Foundation
Advancing dairy science and improving industry technical practices
Enabling research on pasture management, animal nutrition, whole farm systems and more basic studies - and communicating this work to the dairy and general community.
Our aims
- Finance and undertake research relevant to the problems of the Australian dairy industry.
- Promote the extension of worldwide research findings to the industry.
- Provide advice to the dairy industry on practical problems encountered in the field.
- Assist in the scientific training of experts to service the dairy industry.
- Raise financial support for these purposes.
Our research
The Dairy Science Section has a proud record of research achievement in the areas of:
- Milking Machine Design and Function
- Lactational Physiology
- Lipid Metabolism
- The Partitioning of Nutrients during Lactation
- Control of Enteric Disease in Young Calves
- Artificial Induction of Lactation
- Control of Milk Fever
- Regulation of Lactation at the Cellular Level
- Pasture-based systems
- Feedbase
- Forage Crops
- Robotic milking and voluntary cow traffic
- Advanced automation and Technologies for dairying
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Opportunities
For information about opportunities to work or collaborate with us, contact Professor Sergio Garcia via Research Supervisor Connect.