Balancing for amino acids maximises performance

Over the last years tremendous efforts and research have been made to refine the protein requirements of dairy cows. Consequently, our growing understanding of cow requirements has resulted in the recognition of 2 sets of protein requirements; rumen degradable protein (RDP), and rumen undegradable protein (RUP). Besides this, metabolically the cow has specific requirements for individual amino acids (AAs) rather than metabolisable protein (MP). Amino acids are the building blocks of milk and bo