Rumen methanogens and mitigation of methane emission by anti-methanogenic compounds and substances

A Patra, T Park, M Kim, Z Yu - Journal of animal science and …, 2017 - Springer
Methanogenic archaea reside primarily in the rumen and the lower segments of the
intestines of ruminants, where they utilize the reducing equivalents derived from rumen …

The ruminal microbiome associated with methane emissions from ruminant livestock

I Tapio, TJ Snelling, F Strozzi, RJ Wallace - Journal of animal science and …, 2017 - Springer
Methane emissions from ruminant livestock contribute significantly to the large
environmental footprint of agriculture. The rumen is the principal source of methane, and …

An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production

AN Hristov, J Oh, F Giallongo… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
A quarter of all anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States are from enteric
fermentation, primarily from ruminant livestock. This study was undertaken to test the effect of …

The role of the gut microbiome in cattle production and health: driver or passenger?

E O'Hara, ALA Neves, Y Song… - Annual review of animal …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Ruminant production systems face significant challenges currently, driven by heightened
awareness of their negative environmental impact and the rapidly rising global population …

Methane emissions from ruminants in Australia: Mitigation potential and applicability of mitigation strategies

JL Black, TM Davison, I Box - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is 80-times more effective at
heating the earth than carbon dioxide over the first 20 years following release into the …

Mode of action uncovered for the specific reduction of methane emissions from ruminants by the small molecule 3-nitrooxypropanol

EC Duin, T Wagner, S Shima… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ruminants, such as cows, sheep, and goats, predominantly ferment in their rumen plant
material to acetate, propionate, butyrate, CO2, and methane. Whereas the short fatty acids …

Shifts in metabolic hydrogen sinks in the methanogenesis-inhibited ruminal fermentation: a meta-analysis

EM Ungerfeld - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Maximizing the flow of metabolic hydrogen ([H]) in the rumen away from CH4 and toward
volatile fatty acids (VFA) would increase the efficiency of ruminant production and decrease …

Physiology, Biochemistry, and Applications of F420- and Fo-Dependent Redox Reactions

C Greening, FH Ahmed, AE Mohamed… - Microbiology and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Deazaflavin cofactors enhance the metabolic flexibility of microorganisms by catalyzing a
wide range of challenging enzymatic redox reactions. While structurally similar to riboflavin …

Design, implementation and interpretation of in vitro batch culture experiments to assess enteric methane mitigation in ruminants—a review

DR Yáñez-Ruiz, A Bannink, J Dijkstra… - Animal Feed Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
In vitro fermentation techniques (IVFT) have been widely used to evaluate the nutritive value
of feeds for ruminants and in the last decade to assess the effect of different nutritional …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional strategies in ruminants: A lifetime approach

J McGrath, SM Duval, LFM Tamassia… - Research in veterinary …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review examines the role of nutritional strategies to improve lifetime performance in
ruminants. Strategies to increase ruminants' productive longevity by means of nutritional …