Seminar: Integrated Nutritional Strategies for Sustainable Ruminant Livestock Systems

Ruminant livestock systems contribute substantially to global food security, however, they also pose challenges in terms of environmental sustainability. Improving the sustainability of ruminant production therefore requires integrated approaches that enhance resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and safeguard animal performance and product quality. Nutrition is an important key in this transition, influencing nitrogen utilization, greenhouse gas emissions, and the overall environmental footprint of dairy systems.

Programme

Welcome – Mikaela Lindberg 

Sustainable ruminant production for the benefit of environmental and human health – Katerina Theodoridou, Queens University, Northern Ireland

Nutritional strategies for improved nitrogen utilization in lactating dairy cows – Susanna Räisänen, Aarhus University, Denmark  

Coffee

Feeding ruminants sustainably: WUR's approach to nutrition and emissions reduction – Soumya Kar, WUR, The Netherlands 

Questions – general discussion 

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