Rumen Monitoring Services
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Manufactured by:eCow Ltd. based inExeter, UNITED KINGDOM
In the modern age rumen monitoring is common practice in managing high yielding dairy herds but a long road lead us to where we are today. In 1822 an extraordinary medical occurrence allowed us a unique insight into the human digestive tract. An American army surgeon found that a wound in a man’s abdomen that refused to heal allowed direct observation of ...
Manufactured by:NWF Agriculture Ltd based inCheshire, UNITED KINGDOM
Our comprehensive Feed Rationing System is regularly updated to take accounts of all the developments that improve our understanding of how to ration cows effectively. Following discussions with your Feed Specialist the program will formulate a cost-effective, balanced ration with sufficient levels of all essential nutrients to suit growth and animal welfare ...
Manufactured by:eCow Ltd. based inExeter, UNITED KINGDOM
As mentioned above there is a lag period between introducing a new diet and the rumen adjusting to more efficiently utilise the new diet. Studies have shown that the rumen papillae respond to dietary changes by changing size and shape in order to increase or decrease the surface area of the rumen wall and thus speed up or slow down absorption of nutrients. It is estimated that a period of about ...