The approved animals "chew the cud," which is another way of saying they are ruminants that eat grass. Pigs "cheweth not the cud" because they possess simple guts, unable to digest cellulose.

"In a feeding trial with pigs, we tested a concentrate based on ... for biogas production or ensiled and used as feed for ruminants. Researchers are exploring new areas of application, e.g ...

that would be indigestible to non-ruminant pigs and poultry. Urea is a non-protein nitrogen compound, commonly fed to ruminants, where the nitrogen is used as the building block for the production ...

FISHMEAL, already excluded from ruminant diets, may also be banned from use in pig and poultry diets next year. But that might have serious implications for animal productivity and welfare.

Animal reproduction science focuses on dogs, pigs, ruminants and horses. Research on ruminant reproduction (female reproduction) has focused on three research lines: The use of the GnRH hormone for ...

IT is anticipated that 6,000 live goats, other small ruminants, and pigs will be imported over the next three years as the Government temporarily suspends the General Consumption Tax (GCT) normall ...