ruminant

Example Sentences

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The major issue for agriculture is methane - a greenhouse gas emitted by ruminant animals such as cattle and sheep.

From BBC

The ruminant meat can carry disease-causing sickness and has been linked to outbreaks.

From Fox News

"The levels that are used to feed ruminants are very, very small so you don't need to get a lot of it in order to get an impact," she said.

From Reuters

“We therefore need a different sets of policies such as using half the amount of electricity. We must cut levels of flying, shipping, cement and ruminants because there’s no way of dealing with them”.

From BBC

“There are regenerative systems that absolutely need large ruminants to cycle nutrients into the land.”

From New York Times