Scientists can have an inside look at the digestive system by studying very special cows. Follow a University of Idaho scientist as he explains how cows digest their food by opening a unique portal ...

If we are to feed cattle properly for optimum production, we need to understand their digestive system.

The hole in the cow's side was the result of a surgery called a "rumen fistula," a procedure that provides researchers with a window to see into the cow's digestive system and to allow the ...

1. Seeds of 10 legumes and eight grasses found in tropical and subtropical pastures were placed directly into the rumens of cattle. Their survival and rate of passage through the digestive tract was ...

Object Details Author Starck, J. Matthias 1958- Wang, Tobias Contents The diversity of vertebrate feeding systems / Kurt Schwenk and Margaret Rubega -- Concepts of digestive efficiency / Ian D. Hume - ...

For most people in the U.S., dairy products provide about 600 calories per day, and 1/3 to ½ of our daily protein intake. As a former dairy farmer, I appreciate the challenges in producing the milk ...