Up close, they are beautiful and evocative — at least more than you might imagine for tiny organisms that live inside the stomachs of livestock and help generate planet-warming gases. Known as rumen ...

Specific microbes in gut of Angus cattle and how those microbes influence nutrient absorption and feed efficiency will be the focus of a new study by UTIA animal scientists. The work will study the ...

Although they may look like fancy tulips, the high-resolution 3D fluorescence images above actually show two different types of rumen ciliate. The single-celled organisms live in ruminant stomachs and ...

Weaning creates major shifts in diet, intake and gut function, making rumen stability one of the most important parts of calf ...