Research
Rumen pH stability, measured not assumed
What cannulated trials and in-vitro kinetics show about buffering that actually holds.
Every buffer claims to stabilise rumen pH. The question worth asking is a harder one: for how long, and how do you know? We went looking for the answer with measurement rather than assumption.
The cost of an unstable rumen
High-yielding diets are rich in fermentable carbohydrate, and that pushes acid production in the rumen. When pH falls and stays low, sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) follows quietly eroding intake, fibre digestion and milk fat before it ever shows as a clinical case.
Fast-acting and long-holding
A good buffer has to do two things that pull against each other: act quickly when acid load spikes, and keep holding through the hours between feeds. Many products manage one or the other. The target for Acumen was both.
Measured, not assumed
In-vitro kinetics let us watch how quickly and how durably buffering capacity responds under a rising acid load, while cannulated measurement checks that the effect holds in the live rumen not just the flask. Reading the two together is what separates a buffer that holds from one that merely starts well.
The evidence, laid out in full on the product page, is the basis for how we position Acumen: pH stability you can point to, not just promise.
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