Hot topic: Innovative lactation-stage-dependent prediction of methane emissions from milk mid-infrared spectra

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5740-5747

  Vanlierde, A ^a   Vanrobays, M L ^b   Dehareng, F ^a   Froidmont, E ^a   Soyeurt, H ^b   McParland, S ^c   Lewis, E ^c   Deighton, M H ^d   Grandl, F ^e   Kreuzer, M ^e   Gredler, B ^f   Dardenne, P ^a   Gengler, N ^b  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d Transport and Resources   (Australia)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f QUALITAS AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lactation stage; Methane; Mid infrared; Milk

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

METHANE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84937523071     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8436     Document Type: Article

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