Determining the dose response for red seaweed to achieve methane mitigation in Merino sheep fed high-fibre diets

Title
Determining the dose response for red seaweed to achieve methane mitigation in Merino sheep fed high-fibre diets
Publication Date
2024-07
Author(s)
Adam, Charlotte
Sitienei, Daniel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1356-8039
Email: dsitiene@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dsitiene
Tomkins, Nigel
Doyle, Emma
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5255-2187
Email: edoyle3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:edoyle3
Preston, James
Kahn, Lewis
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-4530
Email: lkahn3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lkahn3
Davison, Thomas
Cowley, Fran
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-1503
Email: fcowley@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fcowley
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Association of Animal Sciences
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/61705
Abstract

The macroalgae, Asparagopsis spp. naturally synthesizes and accumulates halogenated compounds such as bromoform, which has shown to be an effective enteric methane inhibitor. In sheep, a methane reduction of 80% was observed when A. taxiformis was included at 3% (OM basis) compared with the control (Li et al., 2018). Li et al. (2018) included the Asparagopsis in a modified total-mixed ration of a pelleted basal ration with additional crushed lupins as the carrier. Work in beef cattle (Kinley et al., 2020) reported high abatements (80% at 0.2% OM inclusion in comparison to the control) in a total-mixed ration. The effects of diet composition, namely increasing fibre content and influence on enteric methane abatement has also been reported (Roque et al., 2021), with lower abatement associated with higher dietary fibre. In Australia, most sheep are managed in extensive systems consisting of high-fibre forage diets and are unlikely to be offered a feed additive in a total mixed ration. At present, it is unknown what the recommended dietary inclusion level of A. taxiformis is for grazing systems, where animals are on a high-fibre diet. The aim of this study was to determine the dose-response of bromoform presented in a canola oil (SEAFEED™ SeaForest Pty Ltd) using a supplementary pellet as a carrier for sheep fed a high-fibre diet.

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Citation
Proceedings of the 35th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences and the 20th Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies, v.35, p. 167-168
ISSN
0728-5965
Start page
167
End page
168

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