Saman Lashkari

Saman Lashkari is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ANIVET) at Aarhus University. His primary research focuses on optimizing animal nutrition with special emphasis on lipid metabolism, vitamin bioavailability, and feed evaluation methods in ruminants. He is actively involved in developing strategies to improve dairy product quality while reducing environmental impacts like methane emissions.

Research Interests
His work spans fat-to-starch ratio optimization, vitamin E supplementation effects on calves, and in vitro feed digestibility assessment. He explores how heat treatment alters nutrient digestion sites in ruminants and evaluates feed additives (essential oils, enzymes) for their impact on performance and emissions. Recent projects emphasize sustainable farming practices through carbon/nitrogen emission modeling and organic farming trials.

Grants & Projects
- Fat supplements to dairy cows in early lactation (2021-2023)
- Extending Danish Normative Values for Animal Manure (2021-2025)
- KALVe: Stabilized Natural Vitamin E for Weaning Calves (2017-2020)

Labs/Teams
Affiliated with the Ruminant Nutrition (RUN) group at ANIVET, collaborating on projects involving feed formulation, metabolic studies, and on-farm trials in Denmark.