Learning more about rumen function and how to improve it is key to boosting production in dairy herds and generating wealth for New Zealand farmers. Altum Animal Nutrition Manager Jackie Aveling said ...

Tackling the issues that commonly disrupt rumen function will maximise milk from forage, digestive health and margins this winter. Key to this will be targeting problems effectively. Published Nov 2, ...

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For beef finishers, winter is often a time when a high level of starch is being fed to get animals finished as efficiently and profitably as possible. This can be a risk factor for acidosis. Acidosis ...

The question of when to use a yeast, buffer or rumen conditioner is one that leaves many dairy producers confused. The key, according to Derek McIlmoyle, AB Vista’s technical director for GB and ...

image: Robert Hungate, the microbiologist who invented the widely-used method of cultivating strictly anaerobic bacteria that now bears his name. This image complements a news release regarding a ...

With feed and forage representing 70% of the variable costs of finishing beef and lambs, improving its utilisation can have a substantial impact on profitability. Feed efficiency, or the amount of ...

We performed two experiments using rumen-fistulated mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) to test hypotheses regarding particle breakdown and passage within the ...