Optimising digestive function for better udder health

Increasingly accepted is the idea that what happens in the rumen will cascade onto the whole gastrointestinal function, metabolic status, liver function and immune response, down to the mammary gland. From the rumen to the mammary glands, the cow hosts a series of specific microbiomes that play an important part in this cascade of events. The development of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) and its consequences beyond the rumen is a perfect example of this ‘microbial continuum’. Diets rich