Dairy ruminal performance Technical Articles
Article published the October 19, 2012:
Rumen pH is one of the most critical determinants of rumen function particularly for the cellulolytic rumen bacteria which fail to grow at pH 6.0 and below. Rumen pH falls as a result of enhanced fermentation d...
Article published the October 1, 2012:
Introduction
The use of feed additives containing live microorganisms and (or) their metabolites to alter rumen fermentation and improve animal performance has increased in response to demands for using more &...
Article published the October 1, 2012:
As producers, nutritionists and veterinarians we are used to seeing molds on the farm. Molds are ubiquitous in the environment and it has been well documented that some of these molds have the ability to produc...
Article published the August 29, 2012:
From the developing bud to the industrial bug...
Being considered as the oldest and best understood microorganism, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae still remains valuable to mankind's future. Since ages, Eg...
Article published the August 14, 2012:
Rumen microbiology
The rumen is the first stomach of cattle, sheep and goats. All digestion in this organ is carried out by a microbial population which consists of ciliate protozoa, anaerobic bacteria and ana...
Article published the July 16, 2012:
Reducing potential can be defined as the tendency of a system to gain or donate electrons, and it is a derivation of the Gibbs free energy change equation applied to redox reactions. Redox reactions are those i...
Article published the July 2, 2012:
Heat stress could cost the dairy producer up to 400 €/cow/year (Saint Pierre et al., 2003). Around 80% of these losses are associated with drop of productivity, and 20% with health issues: impaired reprodu...
Article published the October 25, 2010:
The basic substances for building an animal's body are minerals and proteins. For the animal to move about or perform as it should it has to be supplied with energy from outside in the form of carbohydrates and...
Article published the June 11, 2009:
TO OPTMISE RUMINANTS PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH, BIO REGULATON, A NEW CONCEPT, TARGETS EVERY STEP OF THE WHOLE NUTRTIONAL EXPERIENCE, FROM SENSORIAL STIMULATON AND APPETENCE TO DIGESTION EFFICACY AND DIGESTIVE HEAL...
Article published the May 11, 2009:
As dairy consultants and managers use computer-based rumen models to fine-tune feeding programs, questions are raised. How effective are these programs? What information do they provide? Do software programs pr...