Enhancing the fatty acid profile of milk through forage-based rations, with nutrition modeling of diet outcomes

Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 681-700

  Benbrook, Charles M ^a,b   Davis, Donald R ^c   Heins, Bradley J ^d   Latif, Maged A ^e   Leifert, Carlo ^f   Peterman, Logan ^e   Butler, Gillian ^g   Faergeman, Ole ^h   Abel Caines, Silvia ^e   Baranski, Marcin ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Benbrook Consulting Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Organic Valley CROPP Cooperative Organic Prairie   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dairy farming; dairy fatty acids; grass milk; GrassmilkTM; omega 6 omega 3 ratio; organic milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047873956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.610     Document Type: Article

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