Martin Auldist

Assessment of RumiWatch noseband sensors for the quantification of ingestive behaviors of dairy cows at grazing or fed in stalls

N Norbu, PS Alvarez-Hess, BJ Leury, MM Wright, ML Douglas, PJ Moate, SRO Williams, LC Marett, JB Garner, WJ Wales, MJ Auldist

Journal article  |  2021  |  Animal Feed Science and Technology

The RumiWatch System (Itin+Hoch GmbH, Liestal, Switzerland) is a sensor system that enables quantification of ingestive behaviors ..

Effects of herbage mass and herbage allowance on bite mass of grazing dairy cows

PS Alvarez-Hess, ML Douglas, MM Wright, N Norbu, K Giri, WJ Wales, JL Jacobs, MJ Auldist

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dry matter intake (DMI) of herbage is a product of bite rate and bite mass and is a determinant of the performance of grazing rumi..

Economic Analysis of Offering Different Herbage Allowances to Dairy Cows Fed a Partial Mixed Ration

Christie KM Ho, Martin J Auldist, Marlie M Wright, Leah C Marett, Bill Malcolm, William J Wales

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMALS

The economics of grazing dairy cows offered a range of herbage allowances and fed supplements as a partial mixed ration (PMR) were..

Using multispectral data from an unmanned aerial system to estimate pasture depletion during grazing

PS Alvarez-Hess, AL Thomson, SB Karunaratne, ML Douglas, MM Wright, JW Heard, JL Jacobs, EM Morse-McNabb, WJ Wales, MJ Auldist

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Accurate measurement of pasture depletion and, therefore, dry matter intake (DMI) is fundamental in both research and commercial s..

Using estimated nutrient intake from pasture to formulate supplementary concentrate mixes for grazing dairy cows

ML Douglas, MJ Auldist, MM Wright, LC Marett, VM Russo, MC Hannah, SC Garcia, WJ Wales

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

In pasture-based dairy systems, feeding a complex concentrate mix in the parlor during milking that contains cereal grains and pro..

Evaluation of the n-alkane technique for estimating the individual intake of dairy cows consuming diets containing herbage and a partial mixed ration

MM Wright, MJ Auldist, E Kennedy, FR Dunshea, N Galvin, MC Hannah, WJ Wales

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Estimation of dry matter intake (DMI) using the n-alkane technique was evaluated in lactating dairy cows fed fresh herbage and a p..

A whole-farm investment analysis of a partial mixed ration feeding system for dairy cows

S Henty, CKM Ho, MJ Auldist, WJ Wales, B Malcolm

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Aim: A dairy farm in south-west Victoria was analysed to discern the impact on profit and risk of changing from a feeding system i..

A quantitative case study assessment of biophysical and economic effects from altering season of calving in temperate pasture-based dairy systems.

OK Spaans, KA Macdonald, M Neal, MJ Auldist, JAS Lancaster, AM Bryant, GJ Doole, JR Roche

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Dairy Science

In theory, a late winter-early spring calving date in temperate grazing systems best matches pasture supply and herd demand, there..

Faecalibacterium diversity in dairy cow milk.

Keith W Savin, Jody Zawadzki, Martin J Auldist, Jianghui Wang, Doris Ram, Simone Rochfort, Benjamin G Cocks

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

The bacterial species, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, beneficial to humans and animals and found in mammalian and avian gut, is als..

Modification of the sterol profile in milk through feeding.

S Duong, N Strobel, S Buddhadasa, MJ Auldist, WJ Wales, PJ Moate, G Cox, JD Orbell, MJ Cran

Journal article  |  2019  |  J Dairy Sci

The fortification of milk with phytosterols is an increasingly common practice to enhance the sterol profile and offer consumers p..