Microbiology and Physiology in Ruminant Nutrition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 5084
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal nutrition; feed additives; mycotoxins; ruminants; feed formulation; feed science; pigs; poultry; antinutritional factors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Different feeds, feeding strategies, and additives manipulate the rumen environment and rumen microbiology, thereby changing the efficient use of nutrients for productivity and mitigating the negative environmental impact related to ruminant production (e.g., methane, nitrogen, phosphorus).
Furthermore, beneficial changes in the rumen environment and microbiology may not only lead to improvements in animal productivity but also decrease the occurrence of metabolic diseases (e.g., acidosis, ketosis, milk fever) and thereby beneficially affect rumen and animal health and welfare.
This Special Issue will focus on describing the interactions between nutrition and the physiology of ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats) and ruminal and intestinal microbiota.
This Special Issue will include reviews and original research papers.
Dr. Ralf Blank
Dr. Edwin Westreicher-Kristen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- feeding strategies
- rumen environment
- rumen microbiology
- rumen acidosis
- nitrogen metabolism
- methane production
- environmental issues
- milk production
- meat production
- animal health
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