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ru·men

(ro͞o′mən)
n. pl. ru·mi·na (-mə-nə) or ru·mens
The first division of the stomach of a ruminant animal, in which most food collects immediately after being swallowed and from which it is later returned to the mouth as cud for thorough chewing. Also called paunch.
[Latin rūmen; akin to Sanskrit romantha-, ruminant, chewing the cud.]
ru′mi·nal adj.
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ruminal

(ˈruːmɪnəl)
adj
(of an animal) ruminantof or relating to the rumen of an animal
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But the direct supply of urea in the diet may leads to ammonia accumulation in rumen due to inefficiency of ruminal flora to synthesis protein from rapidly hydrolysing urea.
EFFECT OF OPTIGENA(r) FEED INTAKE AND PERFORMANCE OF GROWING CALVES
Treatment with fluid therapy and restitution of the ruminal flora was administered; however, there was no clinical improvement, and over a period of 4 days the animal experienced severe apathy, dehydration (12%), sternal recumbency, and finally death.
Acute rumenitis due to lipid overload in a bovine/Ruminite aguda por sobrecarga de lipideos em um bovino
Thus several studies have illustrated that flavonoids may regulate ruminal flora and that different types of flavonoids from various sources have distinctive effects.
Effects of alfalfa flavonoids extract on the microbial flora of dairy cow rumen
Considering that the structure and consistency of the faeces depend on rumination, activity of the ruminal flora and ruminal passage, the animal will show some changes in colour, odour, pH, and consistency, and even whole cereal grains may be present.
In an acidotic environment, the ruminal flora changes to a mainly gram-positive pattern.
pubiflora by the continuous administration of small doses of this plant and the transference of the resistance to other sheep by the transfaunation of ruminal fluid indicated that MFA-degrading bacteria may be normal inhabitants of the ruminal flora and that the ingestion of non-toxic doses of MFA-containing plants stimulates their multiplication (CAMBOIM et al., 2012b).
Induction and transfer of resistance to poisoning by Amorimia pubiflora in sheep whith non-toxic dosis of the plant and ruminal content/Inducao e transferencia de resistencia a intoxicacao por Amorimia pubiflora em ovinos com doses nao toxicas de planta e conteudo ruminal
septentrionalis (DUARTE et al., 2014) also induce partial resistance to poisoning by MFA in goats, suggesting that MFA-degrading bacteria may be normal inhabitants of the ruminal flora and that the ingestion of this substrate stimulates their multiplication (CAMBOIM et al., 2012b).
Resistance transferance of Amorimia septentrionalis poisoning in goats by ruminal transferance fluid from goats with induced resistance by the inoculation of sodium monofluoroacetate-degrading bacteria/Transferencia da resistencia a intoxicacao por Amorimia septentrionalis em caprinos mediante transfaunacao de conteudo ruminal proveniente de caprinos com resistencia induzida pela ..
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