Mustafa Salman

Determining nutritional strategies to quantitatively characterize macronutrient metabolism in dairy cows during late pregnancy and early lactation. Characterization changes in nutrient requirements that necessitate exquisite coordination of metabolism to support increasing milk production and prevent occurrence of metabolic disorders during early lactation. Nutritional physiology of dairy cattle during late pregnancy and early lactation.Determining the influence of grass maturity and management practices on ruminal digestion kinetics and nutritive value. Continuing work in this area will investigate associative effects of feeding high levels of concentrates with grass forages on fiber digestibility and digestion kinetics.