Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a …

AI Osman, S Fawzy, M Farghali, M El-Azazy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many
applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review …

The rumen microbiome: a crucial consideration when optimising milk and meat production and nitrogen utilisation efficiency

C Matthews, F Crispie, E Lewis, M Reid… - Gut …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Methane is generated in the foregut of all ruminant animals by the microorganisms present.
Dietary manipulation is regarded as the most effective and most convenient way to reduce …

Gut fermentation of dietary fibres: physico-chemistry of plant cell walls and implications for health

BA Williams, LJ Grant, MJ Gidley… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The majority of dietary fibre (DF) originates from plant cell walls. Chemically, DF mostly
comprise carbohydrate polymers, which resist hydrolysis by digestive enzymes in the …

Gut microbiota and their role in health and metabolic disease of dairy cow

Q Xu, Q Qiao, Y Gao, J Hou, M Hu, Y Du, K Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ruminants are mostly herbivorous animals that employ rumen fermentation for the digestion
of feed materials, including dairy cows. Ruminants consume plant fibre as their regular diet …

Starch and cellulose degradation in the rumen and applications of metagenomics on ruminal microorganisms

D Hua, WH Hendriks, B Xiong, WF Pellikaan - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Starch and cellulose are the principal components in diets for dairy cows
worldwide, providing the primary energy to the rumen microorganisms as well as the host …

Homo-acetogens: their metabolism and competitive relationship with hydrogenotrophic methanogens

S Karekar, R Stefanini, B Ahring - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Homo-acetogens are microbes that have the ability to grow on gaseous substrates such as
H2/CO2/CO and produce acetic acid as the main product of their metabolism through a …

Use of biochar as feed supplements for animal farming

KY Man, KL Chow, YB Man, WY Mo… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The production and application of biochar has become increasingly popular in the past 10
years. Biochar has similar characteristics to charcoal and activated charcoal: they are all …

Comparative functional microbiome profiling of various animal manures during their anaerobic digestion in biogas production processes

A Mutungwazi, A Awosusi, TS Matambo - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) for bio-methane production continues to be plagued by major
problems such as acidification, ammonia inhibition, long reaction periods, and expensive …

Protective Application of Morus and Its Extracts in Animal Production

L Wang, H Gao, C Sun, L Huang - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mulberry tree leaves are regarded as a potential protein resource for
livestock feeding. They also contain many active compounds that confer a variety of …

Effects of hardwood biochar on methane production, fermentation characteristics, and the rumen microbiota using rumen simulation

R Teoh, E Caro, DB Holman, S Joseph… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Biochar is a novel carbonized feed additive sourced from pyrolyzed biomass. This
compound is known to adsorb gasses and carbon, participate in biological redox reactions …