The University of Delaware's Ruminant Biology Laboratory studies how dairy cow nutrition affects animal health and milk production, focusing on how cows use key nutrients and how digestion impacts ...

Cows are notorious for chewing their cud, but did you know this is actually a key part of their digestive process? This chewing of cud, also called “ruminating,” is one feature of an interesting and ...

New insights into cattle’s four-compartment digestion, sustainable feed innovations, and integrated veterinary technologies are converging to influence both livestock management and companion animal ...

WITH very few exceptions, animals do not produce an alimentary cellulase; consequently cellulose, which may constitute a considerable proportion of the diet of herbivores under many environmental ...

Researchers have uncovered a driver of methane emissions in livestock: a newly identified organelle, the hydrogenobody, which fuels methane production ...