. MASTERING THE AMINO ACID BALANCE IN DAIRY COWSIzmir,Turkey 03 April 2009  | |
The participants were fully engaged in each presentation and they actively participated with questions and exchanged personal experiences. |  |
In this last presentation in the tour, Prof Schwab focus mainly on the American values and practices since Turkey is mainly using the American system. |  |
When Prof. Schwab introduced the concept of LysDi/MetDi ratio, he easily caught the attention of the audience. Prof. Schwab presented practical cases in order to illustrate the impact of a good ratio on milk yield and milk quality. This is the best way to get the maximum value out of the milk. |  |
Ir. Anthony Mercier presented the common Turkish rations and pointed out that most lack Methionine. He introduced, step by step, how MetaSmart can be used to the advantage of dairy farmers by lowering the nutritional cost but maintain or even improve performance |  |
The rule of Thumb: |  |
Fertility is an important parameter closely followed by dairy farm managers. There are many factors influencing fertility but nutrition is often one of the main factors and unfortunately overlooked. Ir Perojo talked about fertility and how it can be influenced by an excess of protein supply. During the presentation, Ir Perojo presented different farm management strategies to lower this impact. |  |
The excess of amino acids negatively impact on the levels of ammonia produced. Ammonia is a highly toxic product for the animal body that needs to be converted into Urea in order to excrete the excess of nitrogen. Urea formation is an energy consuming process which negatively impacts the energy balance of the dairy cow. |  |
Prof.Dr.H.Melih YAVUZ presented detailed information of which are the key factors affecting dairy cow during the critical transition period. The nutritional management is important in order to prevent or to minimize metabolic problems such as ketosis or other problems such as displaced abomasum |  |