Abstract
This article elaborates on a practical viewpoint into minimizing sub-acute rumen acidosis (SARA) through management consistency in high-producing ruminants of notable dairy cows. This is a herd probiotic. The modern management and veterinary sciences encounter serious challenges in optimizing rumen fermentation. The problem often starts from very simple errors in routine farm management practices. Mismanaged feed preparation and presentation, suboptimal feeding timing and frequency, mismatched feeding and milking, short-term outsized changes in diet properties and several other significant factors indicated in this article make SARA occur easily and frequently.
Highlights
Sub-acute rumen acidosis (SARA) is a frequently occurring metabolic disorder in modern dairy farms
Controversy exists on true pragmatic definition of SARA, prolonged acidotic rumen conditions especially for certain periods after feed delivery reduces microbial efficiency and mass yield, and as a result, decreases production longevity and feed efficiency
A major reason that makes SARA a difficult challenge to overcome is its dependence on a multitude of animal and non-animal management factors [4-9]
Summary
Sub-acute rumen acidosis (SARA) is a frequently occurring metabolic disorder in modern dairy farms. Controversy exists on true pragmatic definition of SARA, prolonged acidotic rumen conditions (pH
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