Feed and water intake rehydrates cattle, improves immune function, and promotes healthy rumen activity. Cattle are likely to be tired, thirsty, and hungry off the truck. For these reasons, calves ...

The antibiotics also suppressed microbial activity and thus the amount of methane ... Hokkaido University researchers are aiming to control the rumen microbiome in other ways.

Intake declines rapidly as forage crude protein falls below about 7%, a relationship attributed to a deficiency of nitrogen (protein) in the rumen, which inhibits activity of the rumen microbes. If ...

What happens to the rumen during the dry period? It takes a rest, too, according to researchers from Wageningen University in The Netherlands. The downside of that is it takes about a month ...

Enzymes as dairy feed additives perform via many different modes of action, including: Pre-ingestion breaking of chemical bonds Enzymatic activity within the rumen Working in concert with native ...

In dairy cows, the rumen contains highly abundant and diverse microbes that play a significant role in the host’s metabolism and health (Kim et al., 2020). The structure and functioning of the rumen ...