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Edith Charbonneau

Ph. D., Agr. Sciences animales, FSAA, Université Laval

Édith Charbonneau completed her bachelor’s, master’s and PhD studies in animal sciences at Université Laval, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. She has worked as a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Université Laval since 2007. Her primary areas of research and teaching include nutrition and dairy company management. As part of her research, she has worked on numerous projects examining forage plants, the environment (nitrogen and phosphorous balance, greenhouse gas production) and the adaptation of dairy farms to climate change. Her research group focuses on issues and problems affecting dairy farms.

Photo credit :  Marc Robitaille
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What about water?

Highlights

– Water is an essential nutrient for dairy cattle growth, lactation, and reproduction.
– When poor-quality water i...

Optimizing the efficiency of protein in rations

Highlights

  • Protein is the most expensive ingredient in rations fed to dairy cows. It accounts for 42% of feed costs.
  • However, mo...

A Home-Style Protein Diet for Quebec’s Cows

Highlights

  • To ensure their economic, environmental and social sustainability, dairy farms in Quebec must reduce their environmental footp...

Heifers’ Performance

Highlights

  • The milk feeding phase can affect growth and production parameters in heifers.
  • Little information exists on the impac...

Is More Digestible Alfalfa Profitable?

Highlights

  • The general objective of the project is to evaluate the benefits of using more digestible alfalfa for Quebec dairy farms.
    • ...

Insemination of Cows during Transition and Metabolic Stress

Highlights

  • For some cows, the beginning of a new lactation is stressful, and oftentimes even more so in the case of high producers. Their...

Alternatives to Timothy in Fodder

Highlights

  • Due to climate change, fodder production in the province of Quebec must be adapted.
  • Timothy grass is a plant that gro...

Evaluating Forage Costs and Management

Summary

Several studies have demonstrated the economic benefits of having ideal fodder on dairy farms. However, the methods to efficiently prod...

Impact of Diet Minerals on Milk Fat

Highlights

  • Research has shown that the synthesis of fat content in milk fat from cows at the beginning of lactation receiving a ration ri...
RELATED PROJECTS

Performance and behavior of dairy heifers according to their milk diet

Principal researcher: Édith Charbonneau

Collaborators:Doris Pellerin, ULaval; Marc-André Sirard, ULaval; Eric Paquet, ULaval; Débora Santschi,...