rumen

“The digestive tract, or rumen, basically requires movement. There has to be things moving out of that rumen constantly in order for the pH balance and microbiome to stay where it should be,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

"It's a real possibility," says Mizrahi, an expert on rumen biology.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

The goal is to develop an oral treatment for calves that, once administered, will continue repopulating their rumen with the genetically modified microflora.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

Because cows can’t readily digest the grass they eat, they ferment it first in multiple stomach compartments, or rumen, a process that releases huge amounts of gas.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

The gases in the rumen get trapped and the rumen inflates like a balloon until it presses against its lungs.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The hay was bound for the rumens of nine Salers cattle and a handful of rescue donkeys and llamas that hang with the herd.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2021

These low emitters have smaller rumens, meaning the contents pass through faster.

From Economist ● Jan. 14, 2016

Although there are more important biospheric sources of atmospheric methane than the methanogenic archaea in the rumens of cattle, my father’s throwaway phrase is a memorable bit of rhetoric.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2013