ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
The Ruminant Farm Systems Animal Module: A Biophysical Description of Animal Management.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Artificial intelligence for animal science: from applications to integrated knowledge systems.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2026Article
- The Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) model is a platform to support future research and actions for sustainable dairy farming.JDS communications · 2025Review
- Economic Impact of Abortions in Dairy Cow Herds.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Data processing techniques to improve data integration from dairy farms.JDS communications · 2025Article
- ASAS-NANP Symposium: Mathematical Modeling in Animal Nutrition: Opportunities and challenges of confined and extensive precision livestock production.Journal of animal science · 2022Review
- Enteric methane mitigation interventions.Translational animal science · 2022Article
- Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2021Article
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Abstract
Dairy production is an important source of nutrients in the global food supply, but environmental impacts are increasingly a concern of consumers, scientists, and policy-makers. Many decisions must be integrated to support sustainable production-which can be achieved using a simulation model. We provide an example of the Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) model to assess changes in the dairy system related to altered animal feed efficiency. RuFaS is a whole-system farm simulation model that simulates the individual animal life cycle, production, and environmental impacts. We added a stochastic animal-level parameter to represent individual animal feed efficiency as a result of reduced residual feed intake and compared High (intake = 94% of expected) and Very High (intake = 88% of expected) efficiency levels with a Baseline scenario (intake = 100% of expected). As expected, the simulated total feed intake was reduced by 6 and 12% for the High and Very High efficiency scenarios, and the expected impact of these improved efficiencies on the greenhouse gas emissions from enteric methane and manure storage was a decrease of 4.6 and 9.3%, respectively.
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