Dairy Cattle Nutrition Technical Articles
Article published the October 30, 2020:
Introduction
The dominant primary plant formation in the Cacaueira is a dense ombrophilous forest, known like Atlantic rainforest or simply Atlantic forest. This biome is found along of the Brazilian coast, co...
Article published the October 11, 2020:
A balanced diet is key for human health promotion. Among essential nutrients Selenium is shown to be deficient in many countries worldwide. In animals as well as in humans, Selenium deficiency is associated wit...
Article published the October 8, 2020:
THE PHASES OF THE RAISING PROCESS
Under intensive systems, the stage called Calf Rearing lasts approximately up to 60 days (30-60 days) and has three important phases:
1. Pre-ruminant phase - in which...
Article published the September 25, 2020:
Methionine (Met) and choline (Chol) supply in dairy cows continues to be of interest
Historically emphasis on:
Milk protein (Met)
Liver lipid metabolism (Met and Chol)
More recently, i.e. from 1990s t...
Article published the September 3, 2020:
More than 85-90% of the forage’s fiber could be degraded in a well working rumen.
The forage fiber characteristics represent the key point to improve feed efficiency, considering their effects on diet ...
Article published the August 27, 2020:
For the last few months, it seems that immunity has been at the forefront of our thought process – not just for the dairy industry but world-wide. While everyone has been focused on staying healthy and ha...
Article published the August 4, 2020:
Article published the July 22, 2020:
Previous studies showed that inclusion of polyphenol-rich plant extracts in feed improves performance in ruminants, but the effect may vary depending on the dosage used. It has been shown that polyphenols modif...
Article published the May 5, 2020:
Many European dairy farmers suffered a lot from the bad milk price situation in the past few years. Fortunately, prices have stabilized over the last two years and farmers look to continue to be profitable. N...
Article published the March 5, 2020:
Global demand for animal proteins is foreseen to increase by 22% (Figure 1). Thus, one of the main challenges for 2050, in addition to meeting the high expectations in terms of food production, is facing the va...