Research Interests:
Ruminant physiology, especially metabolism of the high yielding dairy cow
Research Goal:
Gain understanding of how environmentally sustainable dietary and management systems can be utilized to improve performance and welfare of dairy cattle
Research Skills:
Design and interpretation of cattle experiments
Activity in the scientific society:
Course leader, examiner and lecturer in several undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Regularly engaged as teacher in continuing educations for veterinarians.
On-going projects:
| Title | Project managers |
| Shortened dry period: influence on milk yield, health, and fertility and on the composition and quality of the milk | Kjell Holtenius, Kasper Hettinga, Toon van Hooijdonk, Helena Lindmark-Månsson, Monica Johansson, Renée Båge, Lisa Andrée & Ruben de Vries |
| Development of dairy production systems based on forages and agricultural by-products | Kjell Holtenius, Rolf Spörndly, Bodil Frankow Lindberg, Pekka Huhtanen & Maria Berglund |
| Milk production on forage and cereals only - an organic model possibly also cost-effective, but do all cows fit? | Rolf Spörndly, Kjell Holtenius, Torsten Eriksson & Eva Spörndly |
| Evaluation of groundnut foliage on growth respond of Cambodian cattle | Kjell Holtenius, Mikaela Patel, Keo Sath & Pok Samkol |
| Studies of how the plasmin activity in milk is affected by dry period length and milking frequency | Åse Lundh, Monika Johansson, Kerstin Svennersten Sjaunja &Kjell Holtenius |
| Antibody quality of colostrum in dairy cows and uptake of colostral antibodies in dairy calves: importance for health and production, and potential for genetic selection | Stefan Alenius, Jonas Wensman, Dirk Jan De Koning, Medeleine Tråvén, Mårten Hetta, Ulf Emanuelson & Kjell Holtenius |