ArticleJDS communications2025
Early rumen development in calves: Biological processes and nutritional strategies-A mini-review.
Article in JDS communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Boosting pre-weaning growth and feed efficiency in suckling calves: replacing starch with dry corn gluten feed.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Review
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- Effects of Forage Source and Method of Offering on Growth Performance, Starter Feed Intake, Rumen Fermentation, and Selected Blood Parameters in Preweaned Holstein Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Effects of Straw Particle Size and Physical Forms of Corn in Starter Diets on Growth Performance and Rumen Parameters in Holstein Calves During the Pre-Weaning Period.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- D-serine supplementation is associated with mucosal-prioritized rumen development and propionate-enriched fermentation with selective microbial shifts in pre-weaning Hu lambs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Effects of sweet chestnut (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Persistent auxiliary microbiome of early novel colonizers in the developing rumen with lasting functional significance.The ISME journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
The transformation of the reticulo-rumen (hereafter rumen) from a monogastric state to a functional rumen during early calf development is driven by complex transcriptional reprogramming and changes in metabolic pathways. This transformation involves coordinated morphogenesis, gene regulation, and microbial colonization. These processes promote muscle growth, epithelial differentiation, and efficient nutrient absorption and fermentation. Microbial succession begins at birth and is characterized by interaction with the host and the early introduction of solid feed. This succession establishes anaerobic, fibrolytic, and amylolytic bacterial species that are critical for nutrient absorption and productivity. In addition, optimizing grain processing in calf diets along with ensuring adequate forage intake is critical to promoting effective papilla development while maintaining stable fermentation and supporting a stable ruminal pH. Together, these factors are essential for implementing targeted nutrition and management strategies to improve calf health and productivity.
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