Strategies to reduce nitrogen for more efficient ruminants

Reducing the amount of nitrogen that ruminants excrete is not only better for the environment but is also an opportunity for ruminants to produce more efficiently. Thus, balancing diets for amino acids can maximise dairy herd profitability and improve nitrogen efficiency. Ruminant production systems convert vegetable protein into animal protein, contributing substantially to human nutrition through the production of milk and meat. Rumen micro-organisms process lignocellulose from low quality ro