Rumen metabolomics – a powerful tool for discovery and understanding of rumen functionality and health

Rumen metabolomics – a powerful tool for discovery and understanding of rumen functionality and healthThe rumen is a complex ecosystem essential for the health and productivity of ruminants. Metabolomics is an emerging technology, with rumen metabolomics research generating important data offering insights into the metabolites present in the rumen, and the factors affecting the rumen microbiome and metabolome. The importance this virtual organ plays in whole animal function is profound. With this, a greater understanding of the factors that impact the

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Bad Education and Buena Vista Social Club are analysed alongside those of lesser-known works that range from the melodramas of Mexican cinema's golden age to Brazilian and Portuguese musical comedies from the 1940s and 1950s

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A guide to the complete research process

from the Books of Blood (1984–85) to The Scarlet Gospels (2015)