Munch, munch: Cow chewing unravelled

The chewing time of cows is affected by many factors, most importantly whether access to feed is restricted, intake of neutral detergent fibre from forages, and mean particle size of the diet. This is one of the characteristics of the chewing in cattle, written in a recent review. In this paper, published in the Journal of Dairy Science, the authors compiled a comprehensive understanding of the dietary, animal, and management factors that affect eating and ruminating behaviour in dairy cows. Th