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 ...

Advanced principles of animal nutrition as related to ruminant livestock. An in-depth coverage of the processes of feed intake, digestion, absorption and metabolism, and the factors affecting them.

Acute tympanites, also known as bloat, is a non-infectious disease common among ruminant animals. Bloat can become apparent when carbon dioxide and methane gases build up within a cow’s stomachs, ...

The introduction of herding - a way of life which centres on keeping herds of mobile domesticated animals - significantly changed Africa's genetic, economic, social and cultural landscapes during the ...

A don and professor of Animal Science in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Ahmed Amin Njidda, has advised breeders to adopt tiger nuts in feeding sheep ...

While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock. One of the most ...

University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The introduction of ...