Basic Dairy Nutrition Course
for
Agriservice Professionals

Miner Institute


Basic Dairy Nutrition was taught in June 2001 as a partnership between the Dairy Management Group at Cornell University and Miner Institute. The course was held at Miner Institute in Chazy, NY, and attracted 50 participants from the Northeastern US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. This CD contains all of the PowerPoint slides and handouts provided for all of the topics presented in the course in Acrobat (pdf) format. Topics include:

Grass and Legume Forage Species

Corn Silage Quality - Hybrids, Digestibility, and Processing

Dry Matter Intake

Fiber Digestion

Carbohydrate (NDF and NSC) Nutrition

Forage Analysis:  Chemical Composition, Digestibility, Fermentation Analysis

Biosecurity on Dairy Farms

Fat Digestion and Metabolism

Energy Metabolism

Protein Digestion in the GI Tract

Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism

Vitamin Nutrition - Mineral Nutrition

Calf and Heifer Nutrition

Dry and Transition Cows

Herd Evaluation Resources

The cost of the CD is $30 per copy.  The CD will be shipped once payment is received.



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