rumen

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“The digestive tract, or rumen, basically requires movement. There has to be things moving out of that rumen constantly in order for the pH balance and microbiome to stay where it should be,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

"These cellulosome-producing bacteria have been around for a long time, their ancestors are important members of the rumen microbiome in cows and sheep," explains Prof. Mizrahi from BGU, senior author of the study.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

The goal is to develop an oral treatment for calves that, once administered, will continue repopulating their rumen with the genetically modified microflora.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

Because cows can’t readily digest the grass they eat, they ferment it first in multiple stomach compartments, or rumen, a process that releases huge amounts of gas.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

Feeding corn to a steer changes the chemistry of the rumen, making it acid and causing a kind of heartburn that in some cases can kill the animal, but usu-ally just makes him sick.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan