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Check out this next segment from Dr. Paul J. Weimer, from the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, as he dives into his third segment of a four part series on Megasphaera elsdenii & Milk Fat Depression: A good bug gone bad. This is an evolving story, that will hopefully lead us to a solution that is a significant economic problem for the dairy industry.
Dr. Paul Weimer received his BS in Biology from Carroll College (WI), and MS and PhD in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After 10 years at the Central Research and Development Department at DuPont, he joined the USDA-ARS Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI in 1988. His research interests include rumen microbiology and the role of rumen microbes in determining milk composition and feed efficiency; microbial fiber degradation; and microbial production of volatile fatty acids.
What you will learn:
- What is Megasphaera elsdenii?
- Can we show that M. elsdenii is not only associated with MFD, but is a causative agent of MFD?
Rather read than watch?
Other Videos in this Series
See what you missed!
- Part 1: Monensin, Rapidly Degradable Starch and Rumen Bacteria Community
- Part 2: pH, Silage Inoculants, and Rumen Bacterial Community Composition
What's next?
Keep an eye out for more from Dr. Weimer as he continues his series exploring the effects of rumen microbes on milk fat synthesis. His final segment will summarize the experiments and future direction.
Paul J. Weimer
