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. We all know that cows are ruminants as are goats, sheep, and deer and that their digestive ...

As a result of pioneering work of Hofmann (1973, 1989), nutritional ecologists classify ruminants into three feeding-type categories: browsers ("concentrate" feeders), grazers, and intermediate or ...

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 ...