Plant bioactives for healthy ruminants

Plants have been used throughout history for their medicinal properties. Current scientific evidence suggests plants also have potential to enhance animal health in general and that of ruminants in particular. Simone Rochfort, Anthony Parker and Frank Dunshea review the current data.   In western culture, plants in the livestock industry have largely been considered as a source of nutrition or potential source of toxicity. Increasingly there is the realisation that plants may offer non-nu