Projects relating to Ruminant nutrition research

Diagnostic milk based tests

Finished projects:

Monitoring of inter- and intra-cow variation in susceptibility to develop subacute ruminal acidosis (Jing Longhui)
Milk fatty acids as biomarkers of negative energy balance in early lactating cows (Sasitorn Jorjong)
Milk fatty acids as biomarkers of subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cows (Ellen Colman)

Natural rumen by-pass technology

Controlled release, uptake and enhanced (bio-)availability of active ingredients in ruminant feed and fertilizers by encapsulation (Encap2Control)

Finished projects:

Protection of feed compounds through polyphenol-oxidase-mediated cross-linking of protein-stabilized emulsions (Nympha De Neve)
Protection of polyunsaturated fatty acids against ruminal biohydrogenation using polyphenol oxidase (Frederik Gadeyne)

Dairy diet formulation in the tropics

Cross-breed dairy in grazing systems of Western Uganda: towards improved nutritional management based on monitoring metabolic status (Pius Lutakome)
Towards resilient cross-breed dairy systems in Northern Ethiopia: a resource allocation assessment to determine appropriate selection targets and nutritional management (Muluken Girma)
Towards a Sustainable Improvement of Milk Production for Smallholder Dairy Farming Systems in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia (Alemayehu Tadesse Tassew)
Enhanced acceptance of unconventional feed resources by ruminants through nutritional intervention early in life (Einar Artiles Ortega)

Finished projects:

Towards improved utilization of oil palm fronds in ruminant diets (Hasliza Binti Abu Hassim)
Evaluation of sorghum-soybean (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench – Glycine max (L.) Merr) silage as ruminant feed (Raciel Lima Orozco)