Overview of the Methane Prediction Module in the AusBeef Rumen Model

Title
Overview of the Methane Prediction Module in the AusBeef Rumen Model
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Dougherty, H C
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-4986
Email: hdoughe2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:hdoughe2
Kebreab, E
Little, B A
Ingham, A B
Hegarty, R S
Pacheco, D
McPhee, M J
Editor
Editor(s): David McNeill and Alan Bell
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
Series
Animal Production Science
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/29243
Abstract
Improved livestock nutrition modelling can enable better description and prediction of the physiological and environmental effects of specific production processes, thereby improving productivity and efficiency. Although there are several models of livestock methane emissions (e.g., Ellis et al.2007) few mechanistic whole-animal models exist. The AusBeef rumen model, initially proposed and developed by Nagorcka and Zurcher (2002), is one of the few whole-animal dynamic and mechanistic models that can be used to predict both productivity and enteric fermentation from ruminants.
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Citation
Extended Abstracts of papers presented at the 8th International Workshop on Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilisation in Farm Animals, p. xxvii-xxvii
Start page
xxvii
End page
xxvii

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