Methods for measuring and estimating methane emission from ruminants

IMLD Storm, ALF Hellwing, NI Nielsen, J Madsen - Animals, 2012 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Knowledge about methods used in quantification of greenhouse gasses is
currently needed due to international commitments to reduce the emissions. In the …

The role iNDF in the regulation of feed intake and the importance of its assessment in subtropical ruminant systems (the role of iNDF in the regulation of forage intake)

KJ Harper, DM McNeill - Agriculture, 2015 - mdpi.com
The intake and digestibility of forages is largely influenced by the fibre content and
specifically the neutral detergent fibre (NDF). Currently, the focus in commercial diet …

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 …

Measuring methane production from ruminants

J Hill, C McSweeney, ADG Wright… - Trends in …, 2016 - cell.com
Radiative forcing of methane (CH 4) is significantly higher than carbon dioxide (CO 2) and
its enteric production by ruminant livestock is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas …

Methane emission from global livestock sector during 1890–2014: Magnitude, trends and spatiotemporal patterns

SRS Dangal, H Tian, B Zhang, S Pan… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Human demand for livestock products has increased rapidly during the past few decades
largely due to dietary transition and population growth, with significant impact on climate and …

Recent advances in measurement and dietary mitigation of enteric methane emissions in ruminants

AK Patra - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Methane (CH4) emission, which is mainly produced during normal fermentation of feeds by
the rumen microorganisms, represents a major contributor to the greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Factors affecting starch utilization in large animal food production system: A review

G Giuberti, A Gallo, F Masoero, LF Ferraretto… - Starch …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Dietary starch from feed grains represent the major energy‐yielding sources in diets for
large animals and starch effective digestion has a great impact on animal energy intake for …

Forage fermentation patterns and their implications for herbivore ingesta retention times

J Hummel, KH Südekum, WJ Streich… - Functional …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Differences in digestive physiology between browsing and grazing ruminant
feeding types have been discussed extensively. The potentially underlying differences in …

Fitting of the in vitro gas production technique to the study of high concentrate diets

Z Amanzougarene, M Fondevila - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The in vitro gas production technique, either based on volume or pressure
measurements, was initially set up for the evaluation of the rate and extent of fermentation of …

Resveratrol affects in vitro rumen fermentation, methane production and prokaryotic community composition in a time‐ and diet‐specific manner

T Ma, W Wu, Y Tu, N Zhang, Q Diao - Microbial biotechnology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to investigate the effect of resveratrol on methane production, rumen
fermentation and microbial composition under high‐concentrate (HC) and high‐forage (HF) …