SmartCow: an integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector

Deliverables

Documents, reports (15)

SmartCow management guidelines

Guidelines for validation of sensor output

Book of experimental methods in Ruminant Physiology

Catalogue of equipment and techniques practiced throughout Europe and the protocols associated with each of the pieces of equipment and techniques.

2nd Project Evaluation Report

Dissemination and Exploitation Plan

1st Report on training courses and study tours

Catalogue & planning of training courses and study tours

1st Project Evaluation Report

Algorithms for phenotyping cows

Creation of an inventory of the animal databases and research methodologies used in SmartCow RIs.

1st Report on scientific conferences

Test of guidelines

Catalogue of physical samples contained within a sample bank and the person responsible for gaining access to the data/sample bank.

Procedural Manuals

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Website created on line, & communication package

Construction of an interactive map of national and regional cattle RIs across EU countries

Construction of an exhaustive resource database

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Effects of hydrolysable tannin-treated grass silage on milk yield and composition, nitrogen partitioning and nitrogen isotopic discrimination in lactating dairy cows.

Author(s): Herremans, S.; Decruyenaere, V.; Cantalapiedra-Hijar, G.; Beckers, Y.; Froidmont, E.
Published in: Animal, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2020, Page(s) 771-779, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s175173111900226x

Nitrogen isotopic discrimination as a biomarker of between-cow variation in the efficiency of nitrogen utilization for milk production: A meta-analysis

Author(s): M. Correa-Luna, P. Noziere, C. Chantelauze, S. M. Nasrollahi, M. Johansen, P. Lund, M. Larsen, A.R. Bayat, L.A. Crompton, C.K. Reynolds, E. Froidmont, N. Edouard, R. Dewhurst, L. Bahloul, C. Martin, G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar
Published in: Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 105 Issue 6, 2022, ISSN 0022-0302
Publisher: American Dairy Science Association
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21498

Identifying cattle with superior growth feed efficiency through their natural 15N abundance and plasma urea concentration: A meta-analysis

Author(s): Cantalapiedra-Hijar Gonzalo; Morel Isabelle; Sepchat Bernard; Chantelauze Céline; Miller Gemma A.; Duthie Carol-Anne; Ortigues-Marty Isabelle; Dewhurst Richard
Published in: Peer Community Journal (Section Animal Science), Vol. 2, 2022, Page(s) Article e31, ISSN 2804-3871
Publisher: Peer Community Journal
DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.130

Feeding cows with hay, silage, or fresh herbage on pasture or indoors affects sensory properties and chemical composition of milk and cheese

Author(s): Elisa Manzocchi, Bruno Martin, Cécile Bord, Isabelle Verdier-Metz, Matthieu Bouchon, Massimo De Marchi, Isabelle Constant, Katrin Giller, Michael Kreuzer, Joël Berard, Marilena Musci, Mauro Coppa
Published in: Journal of Dairy Science, Vol.104 n. 5, 2021, ISSN 0022-0302
Publisher: American Dairy Science Association
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19738

Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores

Author(s): Baumont, R. ; Dewhurst, R. J. ; Kuhla, B. ; Martin, C. ; Munksgaard, L. ; Reynolds, C. ; O'Donovan, M. ; Rosati, A. ; Tourneur, L.
Published in: Advances in Animal Biosciences, 9/3, 2018, Page(s) 337-786, ISSN 2040-4700
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s2040470018000146

Changes to steps, lying, and eating behavior during lactation in Jersey and Holstein cows and the relationship to feed intake, yield, and weight

Author(s): L. Munksgaard, M.R. Weisbjerg, J.C.S. Henriksen, P. Løvendahl
Published in: Journal of Dairy Science, 103/5, 2020, Page(s) 4643-4653, ISSN 0022-0302
Publisher: American Dairy Science Association
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17565

Monographic books (1)

Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour research – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium

Author(s): Mesgaran SD, Baumont R, Munksgaard L, Humphries D, Kennedy E, Dijkstra J, Dewhurst R, Ferguson H, Terré M, Kuhla B, (editors).
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO

Book chapters (22)

Rumen fluid sampling via oral stomach tubing method

Author(s): Muizelaar W, Bani P, Kuhla B, Larsen M, Tapio I, Yáñez-Ruiz D, van Gastelen S.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb008

SmartCow: integrating European cattle research infrastructures to improve their phenotyping offer

Author(s): BAUMONT R., DEWHURST R., KUHLA B., MARTIN C., MUNKSGAARD L., REYNOLDS C., O'DONOVAN M., ESMEIN B.
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science,, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 25, 2019, Page(s) 442
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Body temperature and thermal imaging

Author(s): Dineen M, Mitchell M, Kuhla B, Danesh Mesgaran S.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb004

Nutrient digestibility and balance studies.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Kuhla B, Baumont R, Cantalapiedra-Hijar G, Noziére P, Lund P, Humphries D, Dijkstra J.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb007

Ethics in experiments on live cattle: a pragmatic approach.

Author(s): Veissier I, Deiss V, Herskin M, Kennedy E, Rutherford K.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb019

Foreword

Author(s): Chemineau P.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb022

Lying, standing, and eating behaviour.

Author(s): Munksgaard L, Ternman E, Veissier I, Duthie CA, Baumont R.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb016

SmartCow: fostering synergies through mapping cattle research infrastructures and research.

Author(s): O’DONOVAN M., BAUMONT R., KENNEDY E., GUY C., FOSSAERT C., MADRANGE P. AND ESMEIN B.
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. (Communication orale), EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 25, 2019, Page(s) 380
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Stress and health assessment

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Kuhla B, Langbein J.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb006

The gas recovery test of respiratory chambers.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Frydendahl Hellwing AL, Lund P, Derno M, Kuhla B, Heetkamp M, Miller G, Humphries D, Anglard F, Rochette Y, Martin C, Gardiner T, Coleman M.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb010

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer technique.

Author(s): Rochette Y, Jonker A, Moate P, Vanlierde A, Martin C.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb013

Milk intake, body anatomy and composition in calves.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Pomies D, Röttgen V, Kuhla B, Nüske S, Bach A, Scholz AM.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb009

Greenfeed system.

Author(s): Martin C, Rochette Y, Humphries D, Renand G.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb012

Behavioural tests

Author(s): Ternman E, Franchi GA, Munksgaard L.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb015

Rumination activity.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Munksgaard L, Baumont R, Kuhla B, Humphries D.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb017

Feed and water intake

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Kuhla B, Humphries D, Weisbjerg M, Lund P, Kennedy E, O'Donovan M, Liddane M, Galvin N, Dijkstra J, Baumont R.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb002

Ruminal pH.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Kuhla B, Dineen M, Silberberg M.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb005

Bodyweight, body condition and anatomy

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Weisbjerg M, Bach A, Salau J, Haas JH, Junge W, Thaller G, Kuhla B.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb001

Reproductive assessment

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Kuhla B, O'Donovan M, Schön PC, Röttgen V.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb003

A checklist to validate sensor output for the recording of cattle behaviour.

Author(s): Bouchon M, Bach A, Meunier B, Ternman E, Van Reenen K, Veissier I, Munksgaard L.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb014

Lameness detection and scoring.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Haladjian J, Nüske S, Ledoux D, Humphries D, Munksgaard L, Veissier I.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb018

Respiratory chamber facility.

Author(s): Danesh Mesgaran S, Derno M, Kuhla B, Beauchemin K, Martin C, Hellwing AL, Lund P, Miller G, Humphries D, Heetkamp M.
Published in: Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium., 2020
Publisher: PUBLISSO
DOI: 10.5680/mcpb011

Conference proceedings (14)

Faecal-NIRS for predicting digestibility and intake in cattle: efficacy of two calibration strategy

Author(s): Jesus Donato Andueza Urra, Pierre Nozière, Sophie Herremans, Anne de la Torre Capitan, Eric Froidmont, et al..
Published in: 70. Annual meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), 2019
Publisher: EAAP

Book of Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science

Author(s): Scientific Committee
Published in: """Book of Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science Virtual meeting, December 1 - 4, 2020 EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 26""", 2020, ISBN 978-90-8686-349-5
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-900-8

Natural 15 N abundances in plasma and urea-N concentration in milk as biomarkers of urinary N excretion in dairy cows: a meta-analysis

Author(s): S.M. Nasrollahi, P. Nozière, R.J. Dewhurst, C. Chantelauze, L. Cheng, E. Froidmont, C. Martin, G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar
Published in: Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition, 2019, Page(s) 267-268, ISBN 978-90-8686-891-9
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-891-9_66

SmartCow: an integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector.

Author(s): BAUMONT R., DEWHURST R., KUHLA B., MARTIN C., MUNKSGAARD L., REYNOLDS C., O'DONOVAN M., ESMEIN B.
Published in: 11. Symposium International sur la Physiologie des Ruminants (ISRP). (Abstract + oral communication), 2019
Publisher: N.A.

Natural 15N abundance of animal proteins: a promising biomarker of feed efficiency in beef cattle.

Author(s): Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., I. Ortigues-Marty, C. Martin1, I. Morel, R.J. Dewhurst
Published in: 71. Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP2020), 2020, Page(s) pp.280
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science

Author(s): Scientific Committee
Published in: SmartCow: integrating research infrastructures to foster innovation in the European cattle sector, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 24, 2018, Page(s) 142, ISBN 978-90-8686-323-5
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-871-1

SmartCow’s training and capacity building activities

Author(s): P. Dumonthier, B. Esmein, R. Baumont
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 24, 2018, Page(s) 143, ISBN 978-90-8686-323-5
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Stakeholders engagement in SmartCow

Author(s): F. Macherez, B. Esmein, R. Baumont
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 24, 2018, Page(s) 143, ISBN 978-90-8686-323-5
Publisher: Wageningen Academin Publishers

Transnational access to leading European cattle research facilities in the EU project SmartCow

Author(s): B. Esmein, R. Dewhurst, L. Munksgaard, R. Baumont
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 24, 2018, Page(s) 142
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

SmartCow: integrating European cattle research infrastructures to improve their phenotyping offer

Author(s): R. Baumont, R. Dewhurst, B. Kuhla, C. Martin, L. Munksgaard, C. Reynolds, M. O’Donovan and B. Esmein
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 25, 2019, Page(s) 442
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

SmartCow: fostering synergies through mapping cattle research infrastructures and research

Author(s): M. O’Donovan, R. Baumont, E. Kennedy, C. Guy, C. Fossaert, P. Madrange and B. Esmein
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 25, 2019, Page(s) 380
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Faecal-NIRS for predicting digestibility and intake in cattle: efficacy of two calibration strategy

Author(s): D. Andueza, P. Nozière, S. Herremans, A. De La Torre, E. Froidmont, F. Picard, J. Pourrat, I. Constant, C. Martin and G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP Book of Abstracts, Volume 25, 2019, Page(s) 475
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

SmartCow: a project aimed at improving phenotyping capacity across cattle research infrastructures in Europe. Presented at ICAR Conference 2019

Author(s): Baumont, R., Dewhurst, R.J., Mesragan, S. D., Hurtaud-Berthou, C., Orchard, A., Kuhla, B., Martin, C., Munksgaard, L., Reynolds, C.K., O'Donovan, M., Esmein, B.
Published in: ICAR, Book of abstracts 2019, 2019
Publisher: ICAR - Conference 2019

Combining natural 15N abundances in plasma and urea-N concentration in milk to strengthen the prediction of N use efficiency in dairy cattle: a meta-analysis

Author(s): S. M. Nasrollahi, P. Nozière, R. J. Dewhurst, C. Chantelauze, L. Cheng, E. Froidmont4, C. Martin, G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar
Published in: American Dairy Science Association annual meeting, 2019, 2019
Publisher: N.A.