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The Newcastle researchers put cloves, cinnamon and cumin, in addition to the turmeric and coriander, into a solution that includes cow rumen, the bacteria that lives in the cow's digestive tract.
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Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
There the cows grazed, chewed cud, and literally ruminated, passing rough forage through a digestive organ, the rumen, that humans lack.
—Longreads, 2 Nov. 2022
When food enters the rumen (essentially a large fermentation vat intended to break down the animal’s fibrous meals), gut microbes catalyze a range of chemical transformations.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2014
The smaXtec sensor also measures the movement inside of the rumen.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 9 June 2022
The study, published in the scientific journal Frontiers on Friday, looked at samples of rumen from Alpine cows in an abattoir in Austria.
—Sara Spary, CNN, 2 July 2021
Anuli had been undergoing treatment since October for episodes of abdominal distension in her rumen, the first compartment in her stomach, according to the zoo.
—Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 5 Mar. 2021
Anuli had been under treatment since October for episodes of abdominal distension, specifically of her rumen, the first stomach of a ruminant which is where microbial fermentation takes place.
—Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
In particular, the team looked for molecules specific to animals with a rumen, or first stomach, that breaks down dense vegetation into cud.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
There the cows grazed, chewed cud, and literally ruminated, passing rough forage through a digestive organ, the rumen, that humans lack.
—Longreads, 2 Nov. 2022
When food enters the rumen (essentially a large fermentation vat intended to break down the animal’s fibrous meals), gut microbes catalyze a range of chemical transformations.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2014
The smaXtec sensor also measures the movement inside of the rumen.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 9 June 2022
The study, published in the scientific journal Frontiers on Friday, looked at samples of rumen from Alpine cows in an abattoir in Austria.
—Sara Spary, CNN, 2 July 2021
Anuli had been undergoing treatment since October for episodes of abdominal distension in her rumen, the first compartment in her stomach, according to the zoo.
—Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 5 Mar. 2021
Anuli had been under treatment since October for episodes of abdominal distension, specifically of her rumen, the first stomach of a ruminant which is where microbial fermentation takes place.
—Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
In particular, the team looked for molecules specific to animals with a rumen, or first stomach, that breaks down dense vegetation into cud.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
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Etymology
New Latin rumin-, rumen, from Latin
First Known Use
1707, in the meaning defined above
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