Mathematical modeling of lactation curves: A review of parametric models

M Bouallegue, N M'Hamdi - Lactation in farm animals-biology …, 2020 - books.google.com
The mathematical representation of milk production against time represents one of the most
successful applications of mathematical modeling in agriculture. Models provide summary …

Association between age at first calving and lactation performance, lactation curve, calving interval, calf birth weight, and dystocia in Holstein dairy cows

H Atashi, A Asaadi, M Hostens - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the present study, records on 115,291 heifers distributed in 113 herds were used to
investigate the association between age at the first calving (AFC) and lactation performance …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of different shapes of lactation curve for milk yield in dairy cattle by empirical mathematical models

NPP Macciotta, D Vicario, A Cappio-Borlino - Journal of Dairy Science, 2005 - Elsevier
The study of relationships between mathematical properties of functions used to model
lactation curves is usually limited to the evaluation of the goodness of fit. Problems related to …

[HTML][HTML] Holstein-Friesian strain and feed effects on milk production, body weight, and body condition score profiles in grazing dairy cows

JR Roche, DP Berry, ES Kolver - Journal of dairy science, 2006 - Elsevier
Data from 113 lactations across 76 cows between the years 2002 to 2004 were used to
determine the effect of strain of Holstein-Friesian (HF) dairy cow and concentrate …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of environmental factors and parity on milk yield dynamics in barn-housed dairy cattle

JL Marumo, D Lusseau, JR Speakman, M Mackie… - Journal of dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of environmental factors on average daily milk yield and day-to-
day variation in milk yield of barn-housed Scottish dairy cows milked with an automated …

Modeling and forecasting of milk production in the SAARC countries and China

P Mishra, A Matuka, MSA Abotaleb… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2021 - Springer
This study uses yearly data from 1961 to 2018 to forecast milk production in South Asian
countries (including China) using ARIMA/GARCH models and Holt's Linear approach. It is …

[HTML][HTML] The accuracy of seven mathematical functions in modeling dairy cattle lactation curves based on test-day records from varying sample schemes

AM Silvestre, F Petim-Batista, J Colaço - Journal of dairy science, 2006 - Elsevier
Daily milk yield over the course of the lactation follows a curvilinear pattern, so a suitable
function is required to model this curve. In this study, 7 functions (Wood, Wilmink, Ali and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of modelling techniques for milk-production forecasting

MD Murphy, MJ O'Mahony, L Shalloo, P French… - Journal of dairy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of 3 different modeling techniques for
the prediction of total daily herd milk yield from a herd of 140 lactating pasture-based dairy …

Lactation curves for milk, fat and protein in dairy cows: A full approach

AM Silvestre, AM Martins, VA Santos, MM Ginja… - Livestock science, 2009 - Elsevier
Most studies on lactation curves only consider milk yield and describe a standard lactation
curve of dairy cows, showing a peak or maximum daily yield occurring between 4 and 8 …

Fitting lactation curves of dairy cattle in different types of herds in Tunisia

B Rekik, AB Gara, MB Hamouda… - Livestock Production …, 2003 - Elsevier
The incomplete gamma function was used to fit lactation curves of Holstein–Friesian cows in
four types of herds in Tunisia. A total of 8640 records were used in the analysis. These …