SDSU Extension feedlot management specialist shares when and why producers should consider replacing corn with milo when ...

They made significant strides in understanding how dairy cattle convert this complex plant matter—plant material rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin—into high-nutrient milk. Lignocellulose, a ...

Future cattle selection decisions could extend to breeding for rumen microbiome characteristics, say researchers who have recently mapped more bovine rumen microbe genomes than ever before. A British ...

Typically, calves are weaned around six to eight months of age, or about 180 to 240 days. However, when forage is limited or ...

Current market conditions for raw, whole soybeans are making them price competitive in parts of Nebraska with other protein ...

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Rumen flukes, predominantly Calicophoron daubneyi, have emerged as significant endoparasites in cattle and sheep in Europe and beyond. These trematodes infect ruminants when they ingest encysted ...

For beef finishers, winter is often a time when a high level of starch is being fed to get animals finished as efficiently and profitably as possible. This can be a risk factor for acidosis. Acidosis ...

Research into the rumen of cattle has led to some encouraging results using additives to reduce methane emissions and increase weight gain. The CSIRO trialled a synthetic and a natural compound in the ...

Picking the market and crunching numbers on daily weight gain is what comes to mind first when the topic of making a cattle trade work comes up but it appears knowing how a rumen works and being at ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently discovered key gene and chemical interactions that allow toxic Escherichia coli (commonly known as E. coli or O157:H7) bacteria to colonize in ...