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Rachel Gervais

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

Rachel Gervais completed her bachelor’s and PhD studies in animal sciences at Université Laval. She completed her postdoctoral studies at the University of Gand in Belgium. She is now a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Université Laval. Dr. Gervais’ research focuses on the effects of diet and nutrition on milk composition, vitamin B supply and enteric methane emissions in dairy cows, mechanisms at work in dairy cows for the synthesis and secretion of fatty acids in milk, and the possibility of using fatty acids in milk as a diagnostic tool.
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Fatty acid supplements for cows and impact on milk

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• Dietary supplements containing saturated fatty acids have been marketed in particular to support the high milk needs of cows.Learn more

Vitamins post-calving: a way to increase cow fertility?

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  • One of the major problems in dairy production is related to the fact that cows have lower fertility in the two to three months...

Is More Digestible Alfalfa Profitable?

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

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  • Changes in milk production per cow over the last decades is partly due to an increase of feed concentrates in rations, but thi...

Alternatives to Timothy in Fodder

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

Impact of Diet Minerals on Milk Fat

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

Synthesis of B Vitamins in Cows

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  • The Vitamin B needs of dairy cattle are not always met through the synthesis of vitamins by bacteria in the rumen.
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RELATED PROJECTS

Vitamins post-calving: a way to increase cow fertility?

Principal researcher: Marc-André Sirard, ULaval

Collaborator : Rachel Gervais, ULaval

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