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AberWorkshops are academic workshops, available in a variety of subjects, delivered by Aberystwyth University experts, conducted face-to-face or virtually.
"Why do cattle and sheep have four stomachs?" - Life Sciences AberWorkshopIn this workshop we will explore how animals are adapted for nutrition with specific focus on ruminants and their adaptations towards a high cellulose diet. We will inspect a real size model of a sheep’s digestive tract to identify key anatomical features and to base upon discussion about digestive physiology including fermentation of carbohydrates and microbial degradation and chemical digestion of protein. We will test mathematical skills to calculate how variations in diet can influence the efficiency of microbial fermentation within the digestive tract and can minimise the environmental impacts (methane emissions and nitrogen excretion) of ruminant production systems.
AberWorkshops are designed to be interactive and thought-provoking, providing valuable insight into university study and subject pathways while encouraging critical thinking and discussion.
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