Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G.Bartley, E.Fina, L.Anthony, H.Leipold, H.2011-02-182011-02-182011-02-18http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7370We have found that rumen bacteria contain endotoxins that are released into rumen fluid. Also rumen fluid from grain-fed cattle contains considerably more free endotoxin than rumen fluid from hay-fed cattle. Injecting cattle with rumen bacterial endotoxins may be involved with such diseases associated with high-grain feeding as the sudden death syndrome.BeefEndotoxinsSudden death syndromeRumen bacterial endotoxins and their possible role in the sudden-death syndromeConference paper