This study reexamines the mechanism of rigor mortis, a characteristic phenomenon observed during postmortem changes in skeletal muscle of livestock and poultry, by focusing on the influence of imidazole dipeptides, which are abundantly present in skeletal…

How much grass or silage a sheep eats each day is important for both farm profitability and climate impact, but measuring individual feed intake is expensive and time-consuming. In this study, we tested whether we can “read” an ewe’s daily feed intake…

Dietary fiber is partitioned into soluble and insoluble fractions. Corn cobs consist mostly of insoluble dietary fiber whereas sugar beet pulp contains a substantial amount of soluble dietary fiber in addition to insoluble fiber. The objective of this…