Modeling the Effect of Nutritional Strategies for Dairy Cows on the Composition of Excreta Nitrogen

For an integrated evaluation of the effect of nutritional strategies on the utilization and losses of N at dairy farms, reliable estimates of excreta production and composition are indispensable. An extant, dynamic, mechanistic model of rumen functioning was extended with static equations that descr...

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Main Authors: Jan Dijkstra, André Bannink, Pieter M. Bosma, Egbert A. Lantinga, Joan W. Reijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00063/full