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Validation of the UK metabolisable energy system and other energy systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T. Yan  and
R. E. Agnew
T. Yan
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, UK
R. E. Agnew
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, UK
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The UK metabolisable energy (ME) system for dairy cattle and net energy (NE) systems presently used in Europe and America were developed over 30 years ago. Recent studies have however indicated that these systems could under-predict the ME (MEm) or NE (NEm) requirement for maintenance for current dairy cows (e.g., Yan et al., 1997). The objective of the present study was to validate these systems using calorimetric data produced with lactating dairy cows and published around the world since 1976.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 95
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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