A healthy digestive system for ruminants

The gastrointestinal functions in ruminants are influenced by a number of factors. The animal should, therefore, be protected against any of such factors which adversely affect the digestive and metabolic functions and hence affect animal’s health, production and economic value. The first factor we discuss is the diet. Composition and physical form of the diet affect growth of the internal layer lining the rumen wall by which absorption of the digestion products takes place. This was shown in