Dr.ir. J. Dijkstra

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• cattle
• dairy
• digestive
• emphasis
• evaluation
• feed
• fermentation
• metabolic
• modelling
• nutrition
• processes
• rumen
• ruminants
• with

Active as

Publications

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Comparison between stearoyl-CoA desaturase expression in milk somatic cells and in mammary tissue of lactating dairy cows

δ13C as a marker to study digesta passage kinetics in ruminants: a combined in vivo and in vitro study

A review of factors influencing milk urea concentration and its relationship with urinary urea excretion in lactating dairy cattle

Challenges for future dairy nutrition

Characterization of milk fatty acids based on genetic and herd parameters

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Enhanced publications

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Doctoral Thesis: Passage of 13C-labelled feed components through the digestive tract of dairy cows

Doctoral Thesis: Modelling volatile fatty acid dynamics and rumen function in lactating cows

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader	Adaptation and functionality of the rumen wall in dairy cattle in early lactation
Co-supervisor	Adaptation and functionality of the rumen wall in dairy cattle in early lactation
Co-supervisor	Using variation in milk urea for sustainable dairy production
Co-supervisor	Low emission animal feed
Project leader	Low emission animal feed

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Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Researcher	Combatting methane by animal feed
Co-supervisor	Increasing desaturase activity in the mammary gland of dairy cows through nutrition to improve the fatty acid profile of milk
Co-supervisor	Altering rumen biohydrogenation to improve the milk fatty acid profile of dairy cows
Co-supervisor	Nitrogen utilisation by dairy cows and MUN as indicator for ammonia emission reduction from dairy cow houses
Researcher	Using variation in milk urea for sustainability

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Classification

A34700	Animal feeds
C70000	Greenhouse gas mitigation