In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion
(AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into …

Lignocellulosic biomass is the earth's most abundant renewable feedstock alternative that
comprises of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin. The synergistic action of …

Ruminants are mostly herbivorous animals that employ rumen fermentation for the digestion
of feed materials, including dairy cows. Ruminants consume plant fibre as their regular diet …

Traditional pathogen detection methods in public health infectious disease surveillance rely
upon the identification of agents that are already known to be associated with a particular …

This book presents a series of chapters on the current knowledge with an emphasis on the
interactions of host animal with the microbes in the rumen. The whole content is divided into …

The bovine rumen represents a highly specialized bioreactor where plant cell wall
polysaccharides (PCWPs) are efficiently deconstructed via numerous enzymes produced by …

The present study was conducted to assess rumen bacteria in lactating cows with different
milk protein yield, aiming to understand the role of rumen bacteria in this trait. Cows with …

Although dairy manure is widely applied to land, it is relatively understudied compared to
other livestock as a potential source of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) to the …

Lignocellulosic biomass, such as plant residues and agricultural waste, holds immense
potential as a renewable resource for the production of biofuels, chemicals, and animal feed …

The giant panda feeds almost exclusively on bamboo, a diet highly enriched in lignin and
cellulose, but is characterized by a digestive tract similar to carnivores. It is still large …