Bokskogen, Umeå
The seminar day in cancelled due to the Corona virus. Welcome to a seminar day about feed efficiency in cattle.
The seminar day is arranged in adjunction to Abdulai Guinguina's dissertation "Improved Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cows" on March 19.
The seminar includes lectures from opponent and evaluation committee for the dissertation. The seminar will be broadcasted online and open for all.
9.00-10.00 The Evolution of Mathematical Models for Animal Nutrition —what to expect next?
Luis Tedeschi, Texas A&M University
10.00-10.20 Break
10.20-11.00 Adapting RFI methodology to precision livestock data: dealing with time-trends in efficiency
Nicolas Friggens, AgroParisTech
11.00-11.40 Immune response and performance in ruminants with low and high enteric methane emissions.
Angela Schwarm, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
11.40-12.40 Lunch
12.40-13.20 Breeding for feed efficiency in dairy cows.
Britt Berglund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
13.20 -14.00 A novel method for ranking the cows according to feed efficiency
Pekka Huhtanen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
14.00-14.30 Comparison of Molly and Karoline models in predicting enteric methane production.
Mohammad Ramin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sophie Krizsan, Reseacher
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU
Sophie.Krizsan@slu.se, 090-786 8748