What they want students to learn with the lab is how a rumen works compared to a simple stomach, such as in a human, and why a ruminant needs its complex digestive system to break down the cellular ...

Eating grass–sounds simple, right? But behind this everyday process lies a highly specialized system in many hoofed animals that is unique. Who would have thought that a cow or a deer needs four ...

Cattle, and all mammals, produce methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, which are all greenhouse gases. Cattle and other grass-chewing animals with hooves and multichambered stomachs — called ...

On a recent chilly Summit County evening, my wife and I sat down to a dinner of hot soup, salad and bread. It was a healthy dinner for omnivores like ourselves, but one that required agriculture and ...

The digestive systems of mammals exemplify a remarkable spectrum of adaptations that have evolved in tandem with dietary specialisations. These adaptations encompass both morphological ...

Watching an animal eat and subsequently grow right before your eyes is one of the most fascinating things in life. Many of our livestock breeds including cattle sheep and goats digest their feed ...

To cut down on gassy emissions from livestock, scientists propose feeding them bugs found in the belly of a small marsupial. New carbohydrate-digesting bacteria isolated from the intestines of the ...

Scientists have determined that the way an animal rests—reclining on its back, sprawling on its belly, standing up, or sitting, is determined by primarily by its size. But more importantly, the study ...

Imagine the Great Plains 200 years ago. You had an environment with many animal species utilizing the same prairie and yet not overgrazing it. If you take a look at each animal species that existed, ...