Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Notable Projects

• Use of near infrared spectroscopy for assessment of beef quality traits and consumer acceptance.
• Monitoring and simulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in specialized milk production systems.
• DairyCaB - Colombian-Netherlands dairy capacity and business development project.
• Effect of unsaturated fatty acid supplementation on the production of functional dairy products and on the methane emissions in high-density silvopastoral systems in the high tropics.

Main Research Results

• The effect of sunflower seed oil supplementation on the milk fatty acid contents of cows fed leucaena in an intensive silvopastoral system. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2018.03.003 
• Indirect calorimetry to estimate energy requirements for growing and finishing Nellore bulls. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(16)61443-0
• Analysis of the profitability of milk production according to the variation in the carbohydrate source used in the supplement of Holstein cows (Análisis de la rentabilidad de la producción de leche de acuerdo con la variación de la fuente de carbohidrato utilizada en el suplemento de vacas Holstein). DOI: https://doi.org/10.19052/mv.4251

Research Portafolio