Some dog treats cost more than caviar, while others are poor quality and contain little meat, an expert has found.

Nutrient synchrony (or the distribution of nutrients within a day) affects protein, glucose and fat metabolism and can ultimately impact on the utilization of nutrients in preruminant calves, concludes PhD student Joost van den Borne at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

A recent study has revealed that cow flatulence is to a great extent responsible for global warming and the green house effect.

FEFAC sees the European Parliament (EP) report on compound feed labelling, adopted in first reading of the EP plenary session on 12 December 2006, as the starting line for the overdue simplification of EU feed labelling rules.

Dr. Allen Trenkle of Iowa State University has summarized four ISU studies where cattle were fed up to 40% distillers grains. There was some reduction in marbling at these high levels, but the net value of the carcasses in a typical grid market did not differ greatly.

Feeding additives to dairy cows is often worth the money. However, you need to look at additives as a proper enhancing opportunity, rather than fixing a problem or minimizing return losses, said Michael Hutjens, University of Illinois, Urbana, Extension dairy specialist in the latest Farm & Ranch guide.

The parameter feed conversion (FC) in the dairy sector hard to interpret. Researchers from Wageningen University and Research Centre therefore studied the factors that influence feed conversion and feed-bound costs in dairy practices.