Our research on ruminants and monogastric animals focuses on preservation and utilization of alternative feeds such as forage and grain legumes. Feeding value of novel protein feed sources such as microalgae and insects are also under examination as improving supplementary protein self-sufficiency in national and EU level is one of our main interests.
Lehtilä, A., Taghizadeh-Toosi, A., Roitto, M., Kokkonen, T., Mäkelä, P. S. A., Sairanen, A., & Tuomisto, H. L. 2024. Cultivation of forage maize in boreal conditions – Assessment of trade-offs between increased productivity and environmental impact. Animal Feed Science and Technology 309. 115878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2024.115878
Qin, N., Petursdottir, A. H., Humphries, D. J., Desnica, N., Newton, E. E., Vanhatalo, A., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A., Bell, L., Givens, D. I., Juniper, D. T., Gunnlaugsdottir, H., & Stergiadis, S. 2023. Mineral concentrations in milk from cows fed seaweed (Saccharina latissima) under different basal protein supplementation. Food Chemistry, 403, [134315]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134315
Perttilä, S., Jalava, T., Rinne, M., Da Silva Viana, G., & Valaja, J. 2021. Apparent and standardised ileal digestibility coefficients of amino acids in wheat, soybean meal and rapeseed meal for broilers. Agricultural and Food Science, 30: 63–73. https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.94993
Lamminen, M., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A., Kokkonen, T., Vanhatalo, A. & Jaakkola, S. 2019. The effect of partial substitution of rapeseed meal and faba beans by Spirulina platensis microalgae on milk production, nitrogen utilization, and amino acid metabolism of lactating dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 102:7102-7117. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-16213
König, W., König, E., Weiss, K., Tuomivirta, T.T., Fritze, H., Elo, K., Vanhatalo, A. and Jaakkola. S. 2019. Impact of hexamine addition to a nitrite-based additive on fermentation quality, Clostridia and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a white lupin- wheat silage. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 99: 1492-1500. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9322
Lamminen, M. E., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A. I. K., Kokkonen, T. J., Jaakkola, S. L. and Vanhatalo, A. O. 2019. Different microalgae species as a substitutive protein feed for soya bean meal in grass silage based dairy cow diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology 247:112-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2018.11.005
König, W., Lamminen, M., Weiss, K., Tuomivirta, T. T., Sanz Muñoz, S., Fritze, H., Elo, K., Puhakka, L., Vanhatalo, A. and Jaakkola, S. 2017. The effect of additives on the quality of white lupin-wheat silage assessed by fermentation pattern and qPCR quantification of clostridia. Grass and Forage Science 72:757–771. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12276.
Lamminen, M. E., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A. I. K., Kokkonen, T. J., Simpura, I. A., Jaakkola, S. L. and Vanhatalo, A. O. 2017. Comparison of microalgae and rapeseed meal as supplementary protein in the grass silage based nutrition of dairy cows. Animal Feed Science and Technology 234:295-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.10.002.
Puhakka, L., Jaakkola, S., Simpura, I., Kokkonen, T. and Vanhatalo, A. 2016. Effects of replacing rapeseed meal with faba bean at 2 concentrate crude protein levels on feed intake, nutrient digestion, and milk production in cows fed grass silage–based diets. Journal of Dairy Science 99:7993-8006. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-10925.
Koivunen, E., Jaakkola, S., Heikkilä, T., Lampi, A. -M., Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A., Lee, M.R. F., Winters, A. L., Shingfield, K. J. and Vanhatalo, A. 2015. Effects of plant species, stage of maturity, and level of formic acid addition on lipolysis, lipid content, and fatty acid composition during ensiling. Journal of Animal Science 93:4408-4423. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8813.
Huhtanen, P., Jaakkola, S. and Nousiainen, J. 2013. An overview of silage research in Finland: from ensiling innovation to advances in dairy cow feeding. Agricultural and Food Science 22:35-56. https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/6632.