Employee photo: Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger

Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Study location
Steinkjer
Office
Steinkjer, Bygg P, P330
2026
2025
Enteric methane production and neutral detergent fiber plasticity: A potential indicator trait for forage utilization in dairy breeding 2025 Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) - Torgunn Aslaug Skjerve, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Alemayehu Kidane, Egil Prestløkken, Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen, B. Aspeholen Åby, Harald Volden, Gunnar Klemetsdal
Feed intake, milk production, and nutrient use efficiency with early lactating Norwegian Red dairy cows fed concentrates with varying levels of local ingredients 2025 Livestock Science - Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Margrete Eknæs, Jon Kristian Sommerseth, Inger Johanne Karlengen, Ingunn Schei, M. Silberberg, Alemayehu Kidane
2024
Asparagopsis taxiformis inclusion in grass silage-based diets fed to Norwegian red dairy cows: Effects on ruminal fermentation, milk yield, and enteric methane emission 2024 Livestock Science - Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Sigrid Trier Kjær, Peter Dörsch, Alan D. Iwaasa, Aklilu W. Alemu, Ingunn Schei, Phillip Pope, Live Heldal Hagen, Alemayehu Kidane
2023
In Vitro Rumen Fermentation Characteristics, Estimated Utilizable Crude Protein and Metabolizable Energy Values of Grass Silages, Concentrate Feeds and Their Mixtures 2023 Animals - X Muqier, Margrete Eknæs, Egil Prestløkken, Rasmus Bovbjerg Jensen, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Inger Johanne Karlengen, Gisken Trøan, Stine Gregersen Vhile, Alemayehu Kidane
Inclusion of Red Macroalgae (Asparagopsis taxiformis) in Dairy Cow Diets Modulates Feed Intake, Chewing Activity and Estimated Saliva Secretion 2023 Animals - Emma Nyløy, Egil Prestløkken, Margrete Eknæs, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Live Heldal Hagen, Alemayehu Kidane
2022
Methane inhibition by Asparagopsis taxiformis with rumen fluid collected from ventral and central location – a pilot study 2022 Acta agriculturæ Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science - Maria Clementina Alvarez Flores, Thea Os Andersen, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Ida Wøyen Hamfjord, Puchun Niu, Kim Viggo Paulsen Weiby, Linda Årvik, Peter Dörsch, Live Heldal Hagen, Phillip Pope, Dag-Kristoffer Forberg, Hanne Kolsrud Hustoft, Angela Dagmar Schwarm, Alemayehu Kidane
2022
In vitro fermentation characteristics of concentrate feeds treated ammonia or urea additives and grass silages prepared at early or late stage 2022 7th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition - Alemayehu Kidane, X Muqier, Rasmus Bovbjerg Jensen, Margrete Eknæs, Stine Gregersen Vhile, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Gisken Trøan, Egil Prestløkken
Insertion depth of oral stomach tubes in cows affects in vitro methane inhibition of seaweed 2022 8th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference - Clementina Alvarez, Thea Os Andersen, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Ida Wøyen Hamfjord, Puchun Niu, Kim Viggo Paulsen Weiby, Linda Årvik, Peter Dörsch, Live Heldal Hagen, Phillip Pope, Dag-Kristoffer Forberg, Hanne Kolsrud Hustoft, Angela Dagmar Schwarm, Alemayehu Kidane
Investigating rumen microbiome functions through seaweed-based nutritional manipulation 2022 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME18) - Alessandra Ferrillo, Arturo Vera-Ponce León, Katrine Sømliøy Eikanger, Alemayehu Kidane Sagaye, Cassie Bakshani, William G.T. Willats, Emil A. Sørensen, Mantas Sereika, Mads Albertsen, Phillip Pope, Live Heldal Hagen