Strategies used to reduce methane emissions from ruminants: Controversies and issues

B Króliczewska, E Pecka-Kiełb, J Bujok - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Methanogenesis plays a crucial role in the digestive process of ruminant animals. During
this process, methanogenic archaea produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism …

Phytogenic additives can modulate rumen microbiome to mediate fermentation kinetics and methanogenesis through exploiting diet–microbe interaction

F Hassan, MA Arshad, HM Ebeid… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ruminants inhabit the consortia of gut microbes that play a critical functional role in their
maintenance and nourishment by enabling them to use cellulosic and non-cellulosic feed …

Oral administration of Blautia wexlerae ameliorates obesity and type 2 diabetes via metabolic remodeling of the gut microbiota

K Hosomi, M Saito, J Park, H Murakami… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiome is an important determinant in various diseases. Here we perform a
cross-sectional study of Japanese adults and identify the Blautia genus, especially B …

Assembly of 913 microbial genomes from metagenomic sequencing of the cow rumen

RD Stewart, MD Auffret, A Warr, AH Wiser… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The cow rumen is adapted for the breakdown of plant material into energy and nutrients, a
task largely performed by enzymes encoded by the rumen microbiome. Here we present …

Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows

GF Difford, DR Plichta, P Løvendahl, J Lassen… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cattle and other ruminants produce large quantities of methane (~ 110 million metric tonnes
per annum), which is a potent greenhouse gas affecting global climate change. Methane …

Effects of ionophores on ruminal function of beef cattle

RS Marques, RF Cooke - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ionophores are an important nutritional tool used to manipulate ruminal
fermentation dynamics and improve the efficiency and performance of beef and dairy …

A global comparison of the microbiome compositions of three gut locations in commercial pigs with extreme feed conversion ratios

J Quan, G Cai, J Ye, M Yang, R Ding, X Wang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In an attempt to increase profits and sustainability in the swine industry, the gut microbiome
has become a focus of much research. In this study, we performed a comparative analysis of …

The effect of probiotics, phytobiotics and their combination as feed additives in the diet of dairy calves on performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites …

B Stefańska, J Sroka, F Katzer, P Goliński… - Animal Feed Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate whether probiotics, phytobiotics or their combination as feed
additives, given during the preweaning period to neonatal calves, can enhance calf health …

Synergetic action between the rumen microbiota and bovine health

M Zeineldin, R Barakat, A Elolimy, AZM Salem… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
Host-rumen-microbe interactions are essential components of many physiological
processes, and therefore can affect ruminant health. Classical knowledge of rumen …

Metagenomic characterization of the effect of feed additives on the gut microbiome and antibiotic resistome of feedlot cattle

M Thomas, M Webb, S Ghimire, A Blair, K Olson… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract In North America, antibiotic feed additives such as monensin and tylosin are added
to the finishing diets of feedlot cattle to counter the ill-effects of feeding diets with rapidly …