ruminant

Food chemists probably can improve upon the efficiency and economics of the ruminant’s conversion of cellulose to nutrients..反刍动物将纤维素转化为营养素的效率和经济性有可能经过食品化学家来改进。

For example, increased use of ruminant bone and meat meal as feed supplement for cattle appear to have played a role in the emergence of BSE..例如，增加使用反刍动物骨骼和肉骨粉作为牛的饲料补充似乎是出现了疯牛病的一个重要诱因。

Methane accounts for the bulk of ruminant green house gas emissions one tonne of the gas has 25 times the global warming potential of the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide..反刍动物排放的气体中最主要的是甲烷，据统计同样一公吨二氧化氮和甲烷，甲烷促使气候变暖的潜力要比二氧化碳大25倍。