Physiological adaptations of ruminants and their potential relevance for production systems

Merycism in western grey ( Macropus fuliginosus ) and red kangaroos ( Macropus rufus )

(2017) Catharina Vendl et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Dry matter and digesta particle size gradients along the goat digestive tract on grass and browse diets

(2016) M. Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Faecal particle size: Digestive physiology meets herbivore diversity

(2015) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Solute and particle retention in a small grazing antelope, the blackbuck ( Antilope cervicapra )

(2015) Jürgen Hummel et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Digesta kinetics in gazelles in comparison to other ruminants: Evidence for taxon-specific rumen fluid throughput to adjust digesta washing to the natural diet

(2015) Marie T. Dittmann et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Digesta retention patterns of solute and different-sized particles in camelids compared with ruminants and other foregut fermenters

(2015) Marie T. Dittmann et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Convergence of macroscopic tongue anatomy in ruminants and scaling relationships with body mass or tongue length

(2015) Andrea R. Meier et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Old World Ruminant Morphophysiology, Life History, and Fossil Record: Exploring Key Innovations of a Diversification Sequence

(2014) Marcus Clauss et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI

Methane yield phenotypes linked to differential gene expression in the sheep rumen microbiome

(2014) Weibing Shi et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Characterising an artiodactyl family inhabiting arid habitats by its metabolism: Low metabolism and maintenance requirements in camelids

(2014) Marie T. Dittmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Faecal particle size in free-ranging primates supports a ‘rumination’ strategy in the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

(2014) Ikki Matsuda et al.   OECOLOGIA

Snout Shape in Extant Ruminants

(2014) Jonathan P. Tennant et al.   PLoS One

Heritability estimates of methane emissions from sheep

(2013) C. S. Pinares-Patiño et al.   Animal

Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time

(2013) John P. Goopy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

No distinct stratification of ingesta particles and no distinct moisture gradient in the fore-stomach of non-ruminants: The wallaby, peccary, hippopotamus, and sloth

(2013) Angela Schwarm et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Reproductive seasonality in captive wild ruminants: implications for biogeographical adaptation, photoperiodic control, and life history

(2012) Philipp Zerbe et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Assessing the Jarman–Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

(2012) Dennis W.H. Müller et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Rumination of different-sized particles in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and moose (Alces alces) on grass and browse diets, and implications for rumination in different ruminant feeding types

(2012) Murielle Lauper et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Evidence of correlated evolution of hypsodonty and exceptional longevity in endemic insular mammals

(2012) X. Jordana et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology

(2011) John Damuth et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Regurgitation and remastication in the foregut-fermenting proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

(2011) I. Matsuda et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogenetic constraints on digesta separation: Variation in fluid throughput in the digestive tract in mammalian herbivores

(2011) Dennis W.H. Müller et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season

(2011) W. O. Odadi et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary adaptations of ruminants and their potential relevance for modern production systems

(2010) M. Clauss et al.   Animal

The effect of size and density on the mean retention time of particles in the reticulorumen of cattle ( Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus) and moose ( Alces alces)

(2010) Marcus Clauss et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Rumen physiology constrains diet niche: linking digestive physiology and food selection across wild ruminant species

(2010) Daryl Codron et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Enamel ridge alignment in upper molars of ruminants in relation to their natural diet

(2010) T. M. Kaiser et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Evidence for a tradeoff between retention time and chewing efficiency in large mammalian herbivores

(2009) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): Rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification

(2009) Isabel Lechner et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics

(2009) Susanne A. Fritz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The intraruminal papillation gradient in wild ruminants of different feeding types: Implications for rumen physiology

(2009) Marcus Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Convergence in the macroscopic anatomy of the reticulum in wild ruminant species of different feeding types and a new resulting hypothesis on reticular function

(2009) M. Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Functional anatomy of bovid upper molar occlusal surfaces with respect to diet

(2009) J. J. N. Heywood   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparative chewing efficiency in mammalian herbivores

(2009) Julia Fritz et al.   OIKOS

More efficient mastication allows increasing intake without compromising digestibility or necessitating a larger gut: Comparative feeding trials in banteng (Bos javanicus) and pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)

(2008) Angela Schwarm et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in four large ruminants of different feeding type, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), bison (Bison bison), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Physical characteristics of reticuloruminal contents of oxen in relation to forage type and time after feeding

(2008) J. Hummel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Higher masseter muscle mass in grazing than in browsing ruminants

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   OECOLOGIA

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in two small ruminants of different feeding type, the mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) and the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   ZOOLOGY

A new in vitro system to study the effect of liquid phase turnover and pH on microbial fermentation of concentrate diets for ruminants

(2007) M. Fondevila et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fluid and particle retention in the digestive tract of the addax antelope (Addax nasomaculatus)—Adaptations of a grazing desert ruminant

(2007) Jürgen Hummel et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Convergent evolution in feeding types: Salivary gland mass differences in wild ruminant species

(2007) Reinold R. Hofmann et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species

(2007) Jürgen Hummel et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY