Prediction of methane emission from lactating dairy cows using milk fatty acids and mid-infrared spectroscopy

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 3963-3968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne van Gastelen ◽  
Jan Dijkstra
Author(s):  
Stefanie W. Engelke ◽  
Gürbüz Daş ◽  
Michael Derno ◽  
Armin Tuchscherer ◽  
Werner Berg ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Ho ◽  
L. C. Marett ◽  
W. J. Wales ◽  
M. Axford ◽  
E. M. Oakes ◽  
...  

Mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) is traditionally used for analysing milk fat, protein and lactose concentrations in dairy production, but there is growing interest in using it to predict difficult, or expensive-to-measure, phenotypes on a large scale. The resulting prediction equations can be applied to MIRS data from commercial herd-testing, to facilitate management and feeding decisions, or for genomic selection purposes. We investigated the ability of MIRS of milk samples to predict milk fatty acids (FAs) and energy balance (EB) of dairy cows in Australia. Data from 240 Holstein lactating cows that were part of two 32-day experiments, were used. Milk FAs were measured twice during the experimental period. Prediction models were developed using partial least-square regression with a 10-fold cross-validation. Measures of prediction accuracy included the coefficient of determination (R2cv) and root mean-square error. Milk FAs with a chain length of ≤16 were accurately predicted (0.89 ≤ R2cv ≤ 0.95), while prediction accuracy for FAs with a chain length of ≥17 was slightly lower (0.72 ≤ R2cv ≤ 0.82). The accuracy of the model prediction was moderate for EB, with the value of R2cv of 0.48. In conclusion, the ability of MIRS to predict milk FAs was high, while EB was moderately predicted. A larger dataset is needed to improve the accuracy and the robustness of the prediction models.


Meat Science ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audun Flåtten ◽  
Eli A. Bryhni ◽  
Achim Kohler ◽  
Bjørg Egelandsdal ◽  
Tomas Isaksson

Author(s):  
Ludmila Křížová ◽  
Jiří Třináctý ◽  
Jarmila Svobodová ◽  
Michal Richter ◽  
Vladimír Černý ◽  
...  

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of supplemental lysine (Lys), methionine (Met) or both added to diet of dairy cows in the form of rumen-protected (RP) tablets on changes in milk fatty acids (FA) profile. The trial was carried out on four lactating Holstein cows in the form of Latin square design and was divided into 4 periods of 14 d (10-d preliminary period and a 4-d experimental period). The four treatments were as follows: C – control without amino acids (AA) supplementation, L – supplement of RP Lys, M – supplement of RP Met and ML – supplement of RP Met and Lys. Cows were fed on a diet based on maize silage, lucerne hay and supplemental mixture. Milk yield in ML (34.18 kg/d) was higher than in L or M (32.46 kg and 32.13 kg, respectively, P < 0.05) and tended to be higher than in C (33.33 kg/d, P > 0.05). Protein yield in ML (1054 g / d) was higher than that found in C, L or M (990, 998 or 968 g / d, respectively, P < 0.05). Milk fat content and yield in C and ML was higher in comparison to L and M (P < 0.05). Content of short-chain FA (C 4:0–C 12:0) was not affected by the treatment except of L that was lower than in C (P < 0.05). Content of medium-chain FA in M was lower compared to C, L or ML (P < 0.05). The content of long-chain FA in M was significantly higher than in other groups (P < 0.05). The total content of SFA in M was lower than in C or ML (P < 0.05) and tended to be lower than in L. Contents of UFA, MUFA and PUFA in M were higher than in C and ML (P < 0.05).


2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 3293-3304 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Visentin ◽  
M. De Marchi ◽  
D.P. Berry ◽  
A. McDermott ◽  
M.A. Fenelon ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 (11) ◽  
pp. 10460-10470 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.N. Ho ◽  
V. Bonfatti ◽  
T.D.W. Luke ◽  
J.E. Pryce

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document