Could the fatty acid profile of milk help us to detect and prevent ruminal acidosis in cows ?

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

Optimizing the efficiency of protein in rations

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• 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

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

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...

Exopolysaccharides and Texture of Yogurts

Summary

In Canada, several yogourts are produced containing commercial polysaccharides (PSs) as stabilizers. Bacteria that produce exopolysacch...

CLAs as Prebiotic Agents

Summary

Milk is a complete food that provides a good source of calcium and protein, but the milk fat (MF) it contains is often viewed negativel...

Stability and Rheological Properties of Stirred Yogurts

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• The province of Quebec produces more yogurt (80%) than anywhere else in Canada.
• A number of factors determine yogurt ...

Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 in Cows

Summary

The peripartum period is critical for dairy cows as they fail to meet their nutritional needs through their diet, which causes various ...

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...

What about water?

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

Heifers’ Performance

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

Profile of Milk Proteins

Summary

The objective was to study the variability of milk constituents based on management and dietary factors on the farm. An analysis of mor...

Milk Quality: Impact of Mild or Intense Mechanical Treatments

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This project aims to study the impact of mechanical treatments on the technological quality of milk intended for cheese production. ...

Reduction of Antibiotics at the Dry Period

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Most antibiotics used on dairy herds are for treating and preventing bovine mastitis. In North America, antibiotic treatment at drying-...

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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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...

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.
• In...