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Feeding the 21 st Century UK Holstein Dairy Cow EHRC Conference 2017 – Budapest Sue Bryan

Thoughts from the UK Considering Size change the future Feed delivery

UK Cow size (1930) Source: https://ahundredyearsago.com/2012/02/06/average-height-for-males-and-females-in-1912-and-2012 /

UK Cow size (1930 - 2017)

Using UK data to qualify this: Chest Width: 8,5 8,0 7,5 7,0 6,5 6,0 5,5 5,0 4,5 4,0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016 1999 Lineáris (2016) Lineáris (1999)

Body Depth: 9,0 8,0 7,0 6,0 5,0 4,0 3,0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016 1999 2016uk 1999uk

What impact does this have?

Physical feed form

21 st Century Nutrition Prediction

The future

Challenging the Normal The future Rationing the “average”? Feeding the “average”?

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