Sentences with phrase «ruminant digestion»

Simple: millions of years of evolution that provided adaptations that allow ruminant digestion to convert grasses into all the nutrients they need.

It is not yet technically possible to determine whether an extinct animal chewed the cud from stable isotope analysis, although this approach may someday prove to be useful in determining whether a particular fossil indicates a ruminant digestion.

Not exact matches

Methane is a by - product of digestion of grass and other plant matter by ruminants.

Ru - Mend ® is a direct - fed microbial product designed to enhance ruminal digestion and feed efficiency in ruminants.

There are clear differences in the digestion of ruminants from other mammals, since they not only digest the plant matter but also the bacteria that live in the gut and digest the cellulose.

They are also used extensively in veterinary research, studies of digestion in ruminants, and research on the impact of farming on the environment.

Ruminants, which ferment plants in a specialized stomach before digestion, are estimated to be the largest single human - related source of methane, with greenhouse - gas emissions from sheep and cattle 19 to 48 times higher than beans or grains per pound of food produced, according to the report.