Evaluation of a mechanistic lactation model using cow, goat and sheep data

J. DIJKSTRA , S. LOPEZ *, A. BANNINK , M. S. DHANOA , E. KEBREAB , N. E. ODONGO 6, M. H. FATHI NASRI 7, U. K. BEHERA 8, D. HERNANDEZ-FERRER 9 AND J. FRANCE 10# 1Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Instituto de Ganaderı́a de Montaña, Universidad de León – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas, Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain 3Livestock Research, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University Research Centre, PO Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands North Wyke Research, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB, UK 5Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA 6Animal Production and Health Section, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria 7Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran 8Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India 9Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Ctra. de la Coruña km 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain 10Centre for Nutrition Modelling, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada