Meta-analysis quantifying the potential of dietary additives and rumen modifiers for methane mitigation in ruminant production systems

Author(s)
Almeida, Amelia K
Hegarty, Roger S
Cowie, Annette
Publication Date
2021-12
Abstract
<p>Increasingly countries are seeking to reduce emission of greenhouse gases from the agricultural industries, and livestock production in particular, as part of their climate change management. While many reviews update progress in mitigation research, a quantitative assessment of the efficacy and performance-consequences of nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emissions from ruminants has been lacking. A meta-analysis was conducted based on 108 refereed papers from recent animal studies (2000-2020) to report effects on CH<sub>4</sub> production, CH<sub>4</sub> yield and CH<sub>4</sub> emission intensity from 8 dietary interventions. The interventions (oils, microalgae, nitrate, ionophores, protozoal control, phytochemicals, essential oils and 3-nitrooxypropanol). Of these, macroalgae and 3-nitrooxypropanol showed greatest efficacy in reducing CH<sub>4</sub> yield (g CH<sub>4</sub>/kg of dry matter intake) at the doses trialled. The confidence intervals derived for the mitigation efficacies could be applied to estimate the potential to reduce national livestock emissions through the implementation of these dietary interventions.</p>
Citation
Animal Nutrition, 7(4), p. 1219-1230
ISSN
2405-6383
2405-6545
Link
Publisher
Zhongguo Xumu Shouyi Xuehui, Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Title
Meta-analysis quantifying the potential of dietary additives and rumen modifiers for methane mitigation in ruminant production systems
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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