Palatants are often used in feed for their ability to confer an attractive smell and taste to feed, with the aim of stimulating intake. The important role of feed palatability in livestock animals, and particularly in some ruminants, is reflected in their sensitivity to the smell and taste of feed, which influences their feeding behaviour. Palatants are regularly included in the diet of dairy cows to encourage a higher feed intake, leading to an improved energy balance in early lactation, and highermilk yield during mid lactation. New technology has enabled the use of palatants to expand to automated milking systems, to provide an added incentive to dairy cows to visit the milking robot more often, in order to increase their milking frequency. Let's have a look how palatants used in automated milking robots might be able to improve dairy cow productivity.
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