Science Happens Here: Digging into cow digestion

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April White leading a cow out of a barn
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Can scientists make cow feed easier to digest and reduce food waste in dairy production? That's what third year PhD student April White is trying to find out. She works with Dr. Jeffrey Firkins to study microbes inside cow rumens (just 1 of their 4 stomach compartments).