Additives and feedstuffs in dairy cattle nutrition Technical Articles
Article published the April 12, 2022:
IntroductionPrecision nutrition aims to design nutritional recommendations in order to increase metabolic efficiency, reduce costs, improve product quality, minimize environmental impact while improving the hea...
Article published the April 12, 2022:
IntroductionBiological rhythms are repeating patterns that are driven by time-keeping mechanisms within the animal and are adaptive as they coordinate physiology and metabolism with the external environment. Th...
Article published the October 18, 2021:
BackgroundProviding adequate amounts of essential minerals is critical to maintain health and maximize productivity of dairy cows (NRC, 2001). Organic minerals can be described as nutritionally essential minera...
Article published the October 18, 2021:
Introduction Fatty liver occurs in approximately 50-60% of dairy cows at orshortly after calving2,3. It occurs because the cow mobilizes energy from adipose tissue in response to hormonal changes at calvin...
Article published the October 18, 2021:
BackgroundReducing the rate at which ammonia is released from urea into the rumen may allow rumen bacteria to more effectively capture the nitrogen released. Slowing the rate of release of ammonia from urea can...
Article published the September 30, 2021:
Why should we do this?With a good controlled fermentation (con-trolling pH or acidity) in the rumen, we will do two things: first, we will maximize the energy derived from the fiber, starch and other carbohydra...
Article published the September 7, 2021:
Heat stress will cost the global dairy sector an estimated $5 billion a year in 2050 (Wankar et al., 2021).To reduce the costs for both the farmer and animal, a more integrated approach regarding production, he...
Article published the May 4, 2021:
Modern animal feeding includes prophylactic approaches for supporting intestinal homeostasis and immunity, in order to avoid dysbiosis, diseases, and need for antimicrobial medication. According to the principl...
Article published the April 6, 2021:
Considering the livestock production, natural betaine plays a key role in the metabolism of monogastric animals. However, the role of betaine in ruminants and the rumen activity is underexplored until now.There...
Article published the March 23, 2021:
Evonik's animal feed solutions based on low-protein, amino acid enriched diets make animal husbandry more efficient and help save resources.With a growing global population and rising affluence in many regi...