Milk products are an important component of human diets, with beneficial effects for health, but also one the major sources nutritionally undesirable saturated fatty acids (SFA). Recent discoveries showing importance rumen microbiome on dairy cattle metabolism and performance highlight that milk composition, potentially SFA content, may be associated microorganisms, their genes activities. Unde...

Increasing the digestibility of pasture for grazing ruminants has been proposed as a low-cost practical means of reducing ruminant CH(4) emissions. At high feed intake levels, the proportion of energy lost as CH(4) decreases as the digestibility of the diet increases. Therefore, improving forage digestibility may improve productivity as DM and energy intake are increased. A zero-grazing experim...

A variety of factors, including concentration of oil, antibiotics, dyes, and inoculum washes, were examined to determine their effect on the total counts of microorganisms on oil-containing media. The media found to be best for enumerating petroleum-degrading microorganisms contained 0.5% (vol/vol) oil and 0.003% phenol red, with Fungizone added for isolating bacteria and streptomycin and tetra...

Four fungi of the Aspergillus flavus group were differentiated to the species level and strain level by pyrolysis-gas-liquid chromotography. Comparisons of pyrochromatograms revealed more similarities than dissimilarities among both species and strains in the pyrolytic elution patterns. Quantitative analysis was made by comparing the number of peaks in which two strains or reference species agr...

In this study, the culturability of indoor and outdoor airborne fungi was determined through long-term sampling (24-h) using a Button Personal Inhalable Aerosol Sampler. The air samples were collected during three seasons in six Cincinnati area homes that were free from moisture damage or visible mold. Cultivation and total microscopic enumeration methods were employed for the sample analysis. ...

Pastoral agriculture in New Zealand has a long history of improving the efficiency with which fresh pasture is converted into meat, wool and dairy products. New Zealanders live in a temperate climate where rainfall and pasture growth are the main driving forces in low-input pastoral systems. The process whereby protein in fresh pasture is broken down in the rumen and reassimilated into microbia...

The rumen plays an indispensable role in ruminants to utilize ligno-cellulosic material and convert non-protein nitrogen into nutrients otherwise unavailable for human consumption. Recent advancements the sequencing technology omics approach have provided profound insights world, wherein a consortium of archaea, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, viruses exist interact. These ruminal microbes alter env...