- • Ruminant animals are adapted to digest and metabolize predominantly forage diets; however, growth rates and milk production are increased substantially when ruminants consume high-grain diets. One consequence of feeding excessive amounts of rapidly fermentable carbohydrates in conjunction with inadequate fiber to ruminants is subacute ruminal acidosis, which is characterized by periods of low ruminal pH that resolve without treatment and is rarely diagnosed.
- • Rumisoo" with buffers reduces these frequent su linical acidosis by minimizing pH fluctuations, enhancing fibre digestion and encourage greater DMI intake.
- • May also reduce the risk by selectively inhibiting rum·na lactate producers and by reducing meal size.
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