Fatty Acid Profiles from Routine Milk Recording as a Decision Tool for Body Weight Change of Dairy Cows after Calving

Cows mobilize body reserves during early lactation, which is reflected in the milk fatty acid (FA) profile. Milk FA can be routinely predicted by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and be, thus, used to develop an early indicator for bodyweight change (BWC) in early lactating cows in co...

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Main Authors: Franziska Dettmann, Daniel Warner, Bart Buitenhuis, Morten Kargo, Anne Mette Hostrup Kjeldsen, Niels Henning Nielsen, Daniel M. Lefebvre, Debora E. Santschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/11/1958