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Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 1627-1639 M., McEvoy , M., O’Donovan , L., Shalloo Economic values in euros (€) were calculated for traits of economic importance in Irish grass-based systems. The economically important traits selected were spring, midseason, and autumn grass dry matter (DM) yield (€/kg of DM per ha), grass quality (€ per unit DM digestibility), first- and second-cut silage DM yield (€/kg per ha), and sward persistency (€/% change in persistency per ha per yr)

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Development and application of an economic ranking index for perennial ryegrass cultivars

Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 1430-1444 A., Jonker , M.Y., Gruber , Y., Wang , B., Coulman , A., Azarfar , … Dairy cattle eating fresh or ensiled alfalfa as the main portion of their diet often have low protein efficiency because of the rapid initial rate of ruminal protein degradation of fresh and ensiled alfalfa. Ruminal protein degradation of alfalfa might be reduced by introducing a gene that stimulates the accumulation of mono- or polymeric anthocyanidins in alfalfa

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Modeling degradation ratios and nutrient availability of anthocyanidin-accumulating Lc-alfalfa populations in dairy cows

Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 1091-1097 S., Rovira , M.B., López , E., Ferrandini , J., Laencina Five microstructural parameters of goat cheese curd (number of pores, their area and perimeter, strand thickness, and porosity) were studied by scanning electron microscopy and image analysis. Image analysis was used to characterize and quantify differences in all parameters and to provide a procedure for the measurement of strand thickness. The micrographs provided visual evidence of differences in the protein matrix and were quantified by image analysis at 3 production times: 34 ± 1 min (cutting), 154 ± 6 min (before molding), and 293 ± 35 min (after pressing)

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Hot topic: Microstructure quantification by scanning electron microscopy and image analysis of goat cheese curd

Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 94, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 1477-1489 T., Kälber , J.S., Meier , M., Kreuzer , F., Leiber The effect of several flowering dicotyledonous catch crop plants (dicots) on milk fat quality in cows was investigated to test the hypothesis that their phenolic compounds may inhibit ruminal biohydrogenation and thus enhance the transfer to milk of intact, plant-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids. Berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum), buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), and phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) were sown in mixture with ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum; intended biomass proportion of 0.2) on 1ha

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Flowering catch crops used as forage plants for dairy cows: Influence on fatty acids and tocopherols in milk

Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 158-160 Mark B., Krockenberger , Sally J., Lester

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Cryptococcosis – clinical advice on an emerging global concern