Engineering Rumen Metabolic Pathways: Where We Are, and Where Are We Heading

Ruminants were domesticated in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago and have since become an inseparable part of human diet, society, and culture. Ruminants can transform inedible plant fiber and non-protein nitrogen into meat, milk, wool and traction, thus allowing human utilization of non-tillab...

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Main Author: Emilio M. Ungerfeld (auth)
Other Authors: C. James Newbold (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
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