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Petra Fant

Petra Fant
Post-doctoral researcher in ruminant nutrition, forage utilization, and environmental impact of animal production at the Department Applied Animal Science and Welfare.

Teaching

Course leader for Animalieproduktion - idisslare, HV0210.

Teaching in Grovfoder - odling och utfodring, LB0117, and Animalieproduktionens driftledning och system, BI1384, in the subjects of ruminant feed digestion and utilisation, and feed evaluation.

Background

Ph.D in the subject of Animal Science from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2022.

M.Sc. in the subject of Animal Science with specialization in Animal Nutrition from University of Helsinki, 2017. 

B.Sc. in Agriculture and Forestry from University of Helsinki, 2017. 

Selected publications

Fant, P., M. Ramin, S. Jaakkola, Å. Grimberg, A. S. Carlsson, and P. Huhtanen. 2020.
Effects of different barley and oat varieties on methane production, digestibility, and fermentation pattern in vitro. Journal of Dairy Science. 103:1404-1415. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16995.

Ramin, M., P. Fant, and P. Huhtanen. 2021. The effects of gradual replacement of barley with oats on enteric methane emissions, rumen fermentation, milk production, and energy utilization in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 104:5617-5630. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-19644.

Fant, P., M. Ramin, and P. Huhtanen. 2021. Replacement of barley with oats and dehulled oats: Effects on milk production, enteric methane emissions, and energy utilization in dairy cows fed a grass silage-based diet. Journal of Dairy Science. 104:12540-12552. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-20409. 

Fant, P., H. Leskinen, M. Ramin, and P. Huhtanen. 2023. Effects of replacement of barley with oats on milk fatty acid composition in dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets. Journal of Dairy Science. In press. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22327.


Contact

Postdoctor at the Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare; Forage utilisation
Telephone: +46907868721, +46727191287
Postal address:
SLU Institutionen för tillämpad djurvälfärd och välfärd
901 83 Umeå
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd, våning 5, Umeå

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