Moo-ving Dairy Cow Nutrition Forward
In conjunction with the feed efficiency effort that the White Lab spearheads, a significant offshoot of that project was recently funded by the Greener Cattle Initiative to measure methane emissions from dairy cows. The White Lab will continue collaborating with the Weigel and Peñagaricano Labs to identify not only which cows are more or less …
Research focusing on rumen protected choline (RPC) out of the White Lab earlier this year was featured in this month’s Progressive Dairy magazine. The article focuses on the effects supplemental RPC during the transition period has on milk production, and brings in two other world-renouned nutritionists’ research that support what was found here in Dr. …
On one of the hottest days of the year, Dr. White went to a small dairy farm in northern Illinois to sample cows with Erin and Sophia Green. The farm staff took a video of their adventures, and posted it to their YouTube Channel! See the video for more information:
Understanding the importance of metabolic health during the transition period in dairy cows is of the upmost importance. After “Feed efficiency and metabolic health: How might we improve them both in the transition cow?” was published in Progressive Dairy in February 2020, Progressive Dairy Canada published the article in July 2020 due to its importance …
As part of the series of publications in Progressive Dairy, Dr. Heather White and Michael DeVeth continue to discuss nutritional interventions in the article titled “Nutritional intervention improves feed efficiency and saves money.” Throughout the article, discussion on feed efficiency, its importance, and what it looks like when a farm improves feed efficiency are examined. …
A follow-up article has been published in Progressive Dairy called “Feed efficiency and metabolic health: How might we improve them both in the transition cow?“. Dr. Rafael Caputo Oliveira was also an author for this new article, as it explores the calculated feed and nitrogen efficiency, as well as circulating insulin concentrations during the transition …
In the most recent issue of Progressive Dairy, Dr. Heather White was formally mentioned for two things: becoming the Dairy Innovation Hub faculty director and researching the effects of ammonium lactate product in transition dairy cows. The former discusses the advisory council, which consists of 11 members representing different areas of dairy (be it cheesemaking, …
Dr. Heather White had given a talk at the annual Form-a-Feed conference in Red Wing, MN in January 2019 on subclinical ketosis. Her topics included defining specificity vs. sensitivity and how it relates to diagnosing cows on farm, as well as touching upon some of her research which has demonstrated to have potentially positive health …