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Glenlea Ruminant Research Unit
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Metabolism Unit
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NCLE Feedlot |
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The Ruminant
Research Unit located at the Glenlea Research Station
support teaching, research and outreach programs in ruminant nutrition,
physiology, and metabolism in the areas of dairy and
beef production.
The
dairy unit includes tie-stall accommodations for 68
lactating cows, a heifer facility with group pens, and
30 individual calf pens. The university dairy herd was established in 1940 and
received "Managra" as the herd prefix. The herd genetics
program in the past decade has focused on milk and protein
production.The dairy research unit is a popular facility
for students interested in acquiring hands-on experience
with large animals and experience in a dairy production
system.
Two
open-shed feedlot barns, each with 18 pens, are used
for beef research related to environmental and growth
physiology and nutrition. The facility can accommodate
a diversity of forage handling systems to support forage
harvest, storage, and feeding trials.
A metabolism unit, attached to the dairy barn, enables intensive studies of nutrient intake and utiliization of microbial diversity without needing to move the animals off-site.
A NCLE funded facility , has a system for monitoring individual animal feed intake.
Dr. Kees Plaizer - Facility Director
Terry Garner -
Ruminant Technician
Animal Care Staff:
Mike Hummel - Unit Supervisor
Barry Peril
Murry Friesen
Stephane Robidoux
Telephone: (204) 883-2649
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