Predicting Energy Balance Status of Holstein cows using Mid-Infrared Spectral data

S. Mc Parland¹, G. Banos², E. Wall³, M. Coffey³, H. Soyeurt⁴, R. Veerkamp⁵, D. Berry^1
1Moorepark, Dairy Production Research Centre, Fermoy, Ireland
²Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept. of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
³Scottish Agricultural College, Sustainable Livestock Systems Group, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
⁴Gembloux AgroBioTech - University of Liege, Animal Science Unit, Gembloux, Belgium; National Fund for Scientific Research, Gembloux, Belgium
⁵Wageningen UR Livestock Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Lelystad, Netherlands