Defining what methane is and how it is produced is the first step to understanding its impact on the environment.

Discover why early nutrition shapes lifetime health in lambs and calves through strategic weaning and rumen development.

Llamas are cute, but what makes them even better human companions is their gentleness and empathy. People from their native ...

Ruminant digestive system. cross-section of the ruminant stomach: rumen (primary site of microbial fermentation), reticulum, omasum, and abomasum (true stomach). They initially chew and swallow their ...

Cows actually burp out methane — a greenhouse gas — as their complex ruminant digestive systems break down plant materials, explains Dr. Sara Place, an animal science professor at Colorado State ...

The Liberal Democrat plan commits to making the UK a global leader in animal welfare through stronger standards, workforce investment, and ethical farming practices.

A mechanistic model that predicts nutrient requirements and biological values of feeds for sheep (Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System; CNCPS-S) was expanded to include goats and the name was ...

BEIJING, Nov 25 (Reuters) – China has banned the direct and indirect import of ruminants and related products from Libya due to an outbreak of bluetongue disease, the General Administration of ...

Non-ruminant nutrition refers to the digestive process of animals that lack a rumen, the first chamber of ruminant animals like cattle and sheep. Non-ruminants, such as pigs and poultry, have a simple ...

Camels are not true ruminants because they don’t have the same gut anatomy as cows and other ruminant animals, but they also chew their cud. The camel’s digestive system is different from that of ...

A don and professor of Animal Science in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Ahmed Amin Njidda, has advised breeders to adopt tiger nuts in feeding ...