Fatty acid supplements for cows and impact on milk
• 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
- 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
- To ensure their economic, environmental and social sustainability, dairy farms in Quebec must reduce their environmental footp...
- The milk feeding phase can affect growth and production parameters in heifers.
- Little information exists on the impac...
Is More Digestible Alfalfa Profitable?
- The general objective of the project is to evaluate the benefits of using more digestible alfalfa for Quebec dairy farms....
Profile of Milk Proteins
The objective was to study the variability of milk constituents based on management and dietary factors on the farm. An analysis of mor...
Impact of Inoculants and Quality of Silage on Milk
- Milk is a major staple for human consumption.
- Raw milk also presents an environment that can be contaminated by therm...
What about water?
– Water is an essential nutrient for dairy cattle growth, lactation, and reproduction.
– When poor-quality water i...
Prevention of Ruminal Acidosis in Cows
- 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
- Due to climate change, fodder production in the province of Quebec must be adapted.
- Timothy grass is a plant that gro...
Improving the Comfort and Longevity of Cows
- Dairy farmers face the challenge of providing consumers with high-quality products that meet societal expectations for environ...
Evaluating the Heifers’ Management
We have developed a farming practices assessment tool that targets ten key elements of calf and heifer management. The elements chosen ...
Short Dry Period
This project was developed in order to verify whether the current recommendation of drying cows for 60 days is still suitable for today...
Evaluating Forage Costs and Management
Several studies have demonstrated the economic benefits of having ideal fodder on dairy farms. However, the methods to efficiently prod...
Forage Quality: Increase Sugars
Fodder that is rich in rapidly fermentable energy helps increase the efficiency of nitrogen utilization by ruminants and reduces the am...
Improve the Comfort of the Stalls of Dairy Cows
In Quebec, less than 40% of cows reach their third lactation. While more than 90% of dairy herds live in stall housing, little is yet k...
Insemination of Cows during Transition and Metabolic Stress
- For some cows, the beginning of a new lactation is stressful, and oftentimes even more so in the case of high producers. Their...
Impact of Diet Minerals on Milk Fat
- Research has shown that the synthesis of fat content in milk fat from cows at the beginning of lactation receiving a ration ri...
Milk Bioindicators to Assess the Comfort of Cows
- To date, no research carried out around the world has managed to develop a biomarker that would allow us to easily detect the ...
Milking Management to Prevent ketosis in Cows in Transition
- At the start of lactation, there is an imbalance between inputs and nutrient needs in dairy cows. This has a major negative im...
Vitamins post-calving: a way to increase cow fertility?
- One of the major problems in dairy production is related to the fact that cows have lower fertility in the two to three months...
Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 in Cows
The peripartum period is critical for dairy cows as they fail to meet their nutritional needs through their diet, which causes various ...