[HTML][HTML] Feed additives for methane mitigation: A guideline to uncover the mode of action of antimethanogenic feed additives for ruminants

A Belanche, A Bannink, J Dijkstra, Z Durmic… - Journal of Dairy …, 2025 - Elsevier
This publication aims to provide guidelines of the knowledge required and the potential
research to be conducted in order to understand the mode of action of antimethanogenic …

Rumen microbes, enzymes, metabolisms, and application in lignocellulosic waste conversion-A comprehensive review

J Liang, R Zhang, J Chang, L Chen, M Nabi… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rumen of ruminants is a natural anaerobic fermentation system that efficiently degrades
lignocellulosic biomass and mainly depends on synergistic interactions between multiple …

A review: Plant carbohydrate types—The potential impact on ruminant methane emissions

X Sun, L Cheng, A Jonker, S Munidasa… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Carbohydrates are the major component of most ruminant feeds. The digestion of
carbohydrates in the rumen provides energy to the ruminants but also contributes to enteric …

Methanogenic patterns in the gut microbiome are associated with survival in a population of feral horses

MR Stothart, PD McLoughlin, SA Medill… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Gut microbiomes are widely hypothesised to influence host fitness and have been
experimentally shown to affect host health and phenotypes under laboratory conditions …

Combined effects of nitrate and medium-chain fatty acids on methane production, rumen fermentation, and rumen bacterial populations in vitro

M Vadroňová, A Šťovíček, K Jochová, A Výborná… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study investigated the combined effects of nitrate (NT) and medium-chain fatty acids
(MCFA), including C8, C10, C12, and C14, on methane (CH4) production, rumen …

Scope of microbial feed additives in ruminant nutrition

VV Varada, S Kumar - Feed Additives and Supplements for Ruminants, 2024 - Springer
The direct-fed microbials (DFM) are feed additives that are purported to contain only a
source of naturally existing live microbes (bacteria, fungi, and/or yeast). In recent years, DFM …

Distinct microbial hydrogen and reductant disposal pathways explain interbreed variations in ruminant methane yield

Q Li, Z Ma, J Huo, X Zhang, R Wang, S Zhang… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Ruminants are essential for global food security, but these are major sources of the
greenhouse gas methane. Methane yield is controlled by the cycling of molecular hydrogen …

A metagenomic catalogue of the ruminant gut archaeome

J Mi, X Jing, C Ma, F Shi, Z Cao, X Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
While the ruminant gut archaeome regulates the gut microbiota and hydrogen balance, it is
also a major producer of the greenhouse gas methane. However, ruminant gut archaeome …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of probiotic interventions to mitigate ruminal methane emissions in cattle: implications for sustainable livestock farming

CM Ncho, SH Kim, SA Rang, SS Lee - animal, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the significant impact of ruminants on methane emissions has garnered
international attention. While dietary strategies have been implemented to solve this issue …

Evolving understanding of rumen methanogen ecophysiology

BH Khairunisa, C Heryakusuma, K Ike… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Production of methane by methanogenic archaea, or methanogens, in the rumen of
ruminants is a thermodynamic necessity for microbial conversion of feed to volatile fatty …