Bengt-Ove Rustas
Presentation
Research Interests:
- Ruminant nutrition
- Precision livestock farming, especially precision feeding
- Methods for, mainly real time, monitoring of individual animal response on nutrient supply
Research Goal:
Develop methods for adapting nutrient supply and management to the requirement of individual dairy cows
Research Skills:
Design and analysis of experiment with dairy and growing cattle
Activity in the scientific society:
Coordinator of research, education and visits at the Swedish Livestock Research Center
Member of the organizing committee of the Nordic Feed Science conference.
Activity with stakeholders outside the scientific society:
Member of the Scientific Advisory Group of 'NorFor' – the Nordic feed evaluation system
Research
On-going projects:
Milk urea concentration relative to rumen protein balance and urinary N excretion - How is the relationship influenced by ration mineral content and by diurnal variation? Torsten Eriksson
Hydrogen sulfide as a marker for protein degradation, Torsten Eriksson
Drinking water intake as an estimate of feed intake, optimal milk urea concentration and health in dairy cows, Torsten Eriksson
Utveckling av modeller för NorFor plan för beräkning av optimal utfodringsnivå till högt avkastande mjölkkor i Skandinavien
Indicators of positive welfare in dairy cows: grooming behaviour and use of mechanical brushes as potential measures for onfarm welfare assessment, Linda Keeling
Teaching
Teaching in animal science at undergraduate level, Supervision of Master student.