Supplementing the feed of dairy cattle with enzymes from two funguses simultaneously has a positive effect on the animals’ lactational performance, according to Penn State researchers, who studied the ...

Cows are a huge source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, so more and more scientists are looking at how we could tweak their diets for the good of the environment. Scientists at Pennsylvania State ...

Autumn feeding changes can pressure rumen health on NZ dairy farms. Learn how fibre digestion, pasture shifts and live yeast support cow performance.

The cow's ability to meet this demand begins with a symbiotic community of microbes that inhabits its rumen—bacteria, protozoa and fungi among them. "Compositionally, the rumen is unique because it ...