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Comparisons of Feed Bunk Nutrient Consistency, Milk Production and Cow Behavior Between Herds Using Automated Milking Systems With or Without Automated Feeding Robots

Animals
Automated feeding robots (AFR) are increasingly being used on North American dairy farms to reduce dependency on human labor for feeding. These systems mix, deliver, and push up feed to cows at any frequency or interval desired, allowing for more ...
Kevin Kamau, Benjamin Thorpe, Katie E. Meier, Marcia I. Endres, Isaac J. Salfer   +4 more
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Multi-omics analysis reveals gut microbiota-induced intramuscular fat deposition via regulating expression of lipogenesis-associated genes

Animal Nutrition, 2022
The gut microbiome has great effects on the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of lipids. However, the microbiota composition that can alter the fat deposition and the meat quality of pigs remains unclear.
Chunlin Xie, Junyong Teng, Xinkai Wang, Baoyang Xu, Yaorong Niu, Libao Ma, Xianghua Yan   +6 more
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Application of a NIR device for precision feeding in dairy farms: effect on metabolic conditions and milk production

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2019
Forages dry matter (DM) could vary among batches and in particular when silages are fed. These variations could modify nutrients composition of total mixed ration and affect cows performance.
Fiorenzo Piccioli-Cappelli, Ferdinando Calegari, Luigi Calamari, Paolo Bani, Andrea Minuti   +4 more
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Comparison of diet digestibility, rumen fermentation, rumen rate of passage, and feed efficiency in dairy heifers fed ad-libitum versus precision diets with low and high quality forages

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2018
This study compared ad-libitum versus precision-fed diets with 2 forages and different levels of neutral detergent fibre (NDF) to evaluate rumen fermentation, diet digestibility, feed efficiency, and digesta passage rate. Eight Holstein heifers (18.4 ± 0.
Felipe Pino, Lucas Karl Mitchell, Coleen Mowrey Jones, Arlyn Judson Heinrichs   +3 more
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Use of near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate approach for estimating silage fermentation quality from freshly harvested maize

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2021
The study aimed to evaluate the most predictive traits of fresh maize and the most appropriate multivariate approach for estimating silage fermentation quality.
Lorenzo Serva, Giorgio Marchesini, Maria Chinello, Barbara Contiero, Sandro Tenti, Massimo Mirisola, Daniel Grandis, Igino Andrighetto   +7 more
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Environmental assessment of feeding strategies of precision feeding

, 2020
Precision feeding (PF) in growing-finishing pigs appears as a promising technology to decrease environmental impacts of pig production. However, few studies have compared environmental impacts of conventional and PF. Therefore, the aim of this study was to perform life cycle assessment (LCA) of pig production with either conventional or PF applied to ...
Garcia-Launay, Florence, Delage, Cyrielle, Quiniou, Nathalie, Brossard, Ludovic, Marcon, Michel, Espagnol, Sandrine   +5 more
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Precision livestock farming: real-time estimation of daily protein deposition in growing–finishing pigs

Animal, 2020
Precision feeding using real-time models to estimate daily tailored diets can potentially increase nutrient utilization efficiency. However, to improve the estimation of amino acid requirements for growing–finishing pigs, it is necessary to accurately ...
A. Remus, L. Hauschild, S. Methot, C. Pomar   +3 more
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Highly Integrated High Precision Fluidic Feed Axis

Procedia CIRP, 2014
AbstractCurrent machine tools for micro manufacturing feature unfavorable ratios of installation space to work space as well as moving masses compared to the work piece mass. Therefore, these machines show potential for optimization [1]. Machine tool components leading to these drawbacks are the currently used feed axes.
Bauer, Jörg, Mack, Daniel, Fleischer, Jürgen   +2 more
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Effects of AM/PM Diets on Laying Performance, Egg Quality, and Nutrient Utilisation in Free-Range Laying Hens

Applied Sciences
Laying hen nutrient requirements change throughout the day, due to the cyclic nature of egg formation. Generally, more energy and protein are required in the morning when the albumen is deposited around the yolk, and more calcium is required in the ...
Afsana A. Jahan, Thi Hiep Dao, Natalie K. Morgan, Tamsyn M. Crowley, Amy F. Moss   +4 more
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Precision livestock feeding: matching nutrient supply with nutrient requirements of individual animals

Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2020
Summary: Precision livestock feeding aims to match nutrient supply precisely with the nutrient requirements of individual animals, based on real-time feedback from sensors.
M.J. Zuidhof
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