Dairy Cattle

Animal Nutrition Views

Combining fast and slow proteins for balanced rumen nitrogen flow

Blending fast and slow proteins so nitrogen and energy meet exactly when the microbes need them is where the real performance gain hides.

Animal Nutrition Views

The most common bypass proteins

There’s no magic bypass protein — only the one that fits your herd, your ration and your quality control.

Animal Nutrition Views

Bypass protein is not 100% digestible, and sometimes not even useful

Bypass only means it escapes degradation in the rumen, not that it will be fully digested and absorbed later.

Animal Nutrition Views

Understanding bypass protein: when it matters and who benefits most

Also called rumen-undegradable protein, or RUP, bypass protein is the fraction of dietary protein that escapes microbial breakdown in the rumen and reaches the small intestine intact.

Animal Nutrition

Formulating protein for ruminants with INRA models

The 2007 version of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) system and the INRA 2018 revision reflect different approaches to knowledge, prediction and application.

Feed Ingredient Insights

Pectin a valuable tool to optimize performance in ruminant nutrition

By providing stable energy release, enhancing milk fat synthesis and supporting rumen health, pectin is an often overlooked but valuable tool for optimizing dairy performance and animal well-being.

Animal Nutrition Views

How nutrition influences milk fat concentration in dairy cows

Nutrition is not the sole determinant of milk fat, but it is one nutritionists can most actively manage.

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

4 trends shaping 2025 dairy, feed production

The outlook for global dairy feed production is influenced by market shifts and advances in dairy cow genetics.

Animal Feed Manufacturers

Feeds from new Philippines mill will be based on local ingredients

Locally grown corn and copra will be the main raw materials for a new feed mill scheduled to open by the end of the year.

Feed Ingredients

Legalization of hemp 'very difficult' in dairy cow diets, researcher says

Study finds CBD in milk from newly lactating cows weeks after the animals appeared to clear the cannabinoids from their system.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

New theory on milk fever in cows may also benefit human health

Professor Burim Ametaj, a nutritional immunobiologist in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, has introduced a new perspective, which he calls the Calci-Inflammatory Network.

Animal Nutrition Views

Excess protein is more harmful for ruminants

While monogastrics can handle oversupply more efficiently, ruminants face a unique metabolic burden.

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