| This ensures that during suckling milk is channeled directly to the abomasum bypassing wasteful ruminal fermentation. |
| Food taken into the rumen is later regurgitated into the mouth and completely masticated, then swallowed again and passed to the reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. |
| These organisms are ultimately digested in the abomasum and small intestine, thus providing the ruminant with protein. |
| An excess of energy in the rumen can lead to acidosis, lameness, displaced abomasum and variable intakes. |
| Diseases related to comfort include lameness, hock or neck injury, mastitis, milk fever, ketosis and displaced abomasum. |
| Traits the researchers analysed were clinical mastitis, lameness, metritis, ketosis and displaced abomasum. |
