Garlic and cinnamon for a healthy working rumen

Optimal ruminal microbial activity is essential for the product ion of energy and high quality protein in ruminants. New studies have found plant extracts that have beneficial effects on this process. By Chris Kamel and Henry Greathead Plant extracts are complex mixtures of plant secondary metabolites that appear as one of the natural alternatives to antibiotic use in animal nutrition. Many of these plant extracts are able to affect metabolic pathways of the animal and