Microplastics interact with and disrupt the microbial ecosystem in the rumen – the first stomach chamber of cattle – with risks to animal health and food safety.

The most significant sources of organic waste in South Africa is sugarcane bagasse (5.35 million metric tonnes), invasive plants (11.30 million metric tonnes) and fruit wastes (1.3 billion metric ...

A particularly impressive red alga has already shown great promise in dramatically reducing the alarming levels of methane gas produced by a cow's enteric digestive system. Now, a team of scientists ...

Dear Daktari, I keep a few animals as my retirement project. I was a long distant truck driver and spent a better part of my life on the road. I am concerned about this chewing that my mature animals ...

Animal-product labels at the supermarket can be dizzying. Among them is "grass-fed" beef, which informs us that the cow has eaten mostly or exclusively grass throughout its lifetime—unlike traditional ...