In this 5 minute video, Dr. Jenkins takes a look at the variability of the fat content in common feed ingredients and what impact that has on RUFAL. Listen in as he shares his guidelines on when to send in TMR samples, as well as individual ingredient samples, for fatty acid profile analysis to more proactively manage milk fat.
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Keep an eye out for our last session with Dr. Jenkins on Lipid Analysis. His last segment will cover submitting samples for Fatty Acid Analysis.
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Dr. Tom Jenkins, Clemson UniversityDr. Jenkins attended Penn State University for his BS and MS degrees, and received a Ph.D. at Cornell University. After a postdoc at The Ohio State University, he then moved to Clemson University where he continued work on dairy cattle nutrition for over 30 years. Dr. Jenkins taught undergraduate and graduate courses in nutrition and coordinated a research program on use of fat in diets for dairy cattle including basic work on rumen lipid metabolism. He has published extensively in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and has given numerous invited presentations across more than ten countries on lipid metabolism in dairy cattle and the practical aspects of fat feeding. Dr. Jenkins has received several awards from Clemson University and The American Dairy Association for his research accomplishments in rumen lipid metabolism.
11.13.2015