Dairy Cattle Nutrition Technical Articles
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...
Article published the January 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
In the agricultural areas of Venezuela, specifically in Píritu municipality, the main problem in animal nutrition is the energy component of balanced rations, due to the inadequacies of ...
Article published the January 8, 2020:
For the most part, most dairies include at least some supplemental or additive products in their feeding programs. We build diets starting with the forage base, using the best forages we can, and then add diffe...
Article published the November 25, 2019:
Abstract
This paper discusses the definition, methods, advantages and disadvantages of microencapsulation, and identifies the improvements achieved in animal nutrition with the advent of microencapsulation. M...
Article published the September 17, 2019:
Research conducted at the US Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison (WI) has shown the potential for improving milk nitrogen (N) efficiency by more than 20 % through balancing amino acids and reducing crude pr...