Small Ruminant Platform Session: Addressing Management Challenges and Improving Performance in Small Ruminants

Section: Small Ruminant (orals)
Format: Orals
Day/Time: Monday 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Location: Room 301 A
Chair: Maristela Rovai, South Dakota State University
Please note: last-minute changes to the program may not be reflected here.
9:30 AM
#MISC10 Introduction
Maristela Rovai
9:30 AM
#123 Review of old and new approaches to evaluate milking impact and milking ability in goats.
Pierre-Guy Marnet
10:30 AM
#124 Comparison of milk fat, protein, somatic cell count, and urea nitrogen concentrations between mid-infrared spectroscopy calibrated with cow milk and reference methods of dairy goat milk samples.
Mélissa Duplessis
10:45 AM
#125 Protecting dietary n-3 fatty acid and vitamin E and C in feed and its effect on the nutritional profile of goat milk.
Jung Hoon Lee
11:00 AM
#126 The fatty acid profile of goat milk with supplementation of fish oil in the diet.
Maryuri Nuñez de González
11:15 AM
#127 Thermophysiological traits within a flock of dairy ewes and variability in the response to a heat stress challenge.
Abdelaali Elhadi
11:30 AM   Recorded
#128 On-farm welfare assessment update and its relation to productivity in dairy small ruminants.
Gerardo Caja