Carty, Catherine I.Catherine I.CartyFahey, Alan G.Alan G.FaheySheehy, Morgan R.Morgan R.SheehyTaylor, SteveSteveTaylorLean, Ian J.Ian J.LeanMcAloon, Conor G.Conor G.McAloonO'Grady, LukeLukeO'GradyMulligan, Finbar J.Finbar J.Mulligan2018-05-142018-05-142017 the A2017-05-18Irish Veterinary Journalhttp://hdl.handle.net/10197/9382Milk fat is important in terms of economic value and in its potential to provide information concerning cow diet and health. Under current milk payment schemes in Ireland farmer income is directly linked to milk fat production.enThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.Milk fatMilk fat depressionMilk solidsDairy cowsJournal Article701410.1186/s13620-017-0092-y2017-09-19https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/