To meet the increasing demand for meat and milk, the livestock industry has to increase its
production. Without improving its efficiency, increased livestock, especially ruminant …

Globally, there are approximately one billion beef cattle, and compared with poultry and
swine, beef cattle have the poorest conversion efficiency of feed to meat. However, these …

Rumen microbiome composition and functionality is linked to animal feed efficiency,
particularly for bovine ruminants. To investigate this in sheep, we compared rumen bacterial …

A better understanding of global ruminal microbiota and metabolites under extensive
feeding conditions is a prerequisite for optimizing rumen function and improving ruminant …

Ruminants utilize a wide variety of dietary substrates that are not digestible by the mammals,
through microbial fermentation taking place in the rumen. Recent advanced molecular …

Mastitis is a mammary gland inflammatory disease often due to bacterial infections. Like
many other infections, it used to be considered as a host-pathogen interaction driven by host …

Anaerobic fungi (AF) play an essential role in feed conversion due to their potent fiber
degrading enzymes and invasive growth. Much has been learned about this unusual fungal …

Acute and subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) are common nutritional problems in both beef
and dairy cattle. Therefore, the objective of this review is to describe how ruminal Gram …

The microbes inhabiting the rumen convert low-quality, fibrous, plant material into useable
energy for the host ruminant. Consisting of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, archaea, and viruses …

Ruminants have co-evolved with their gastrointestinal microbial communities that digest
plant materials to provide energy for the host. Some arctic and boreal ruminants have …