Review: Comparative methane production in mammalian herbivores

Review: Comparative methane production in mammalian herbivores

Methane (CH4) production is a ubiquitous, apparently unavoidable side effect of fermentative fibre digestion by symbiotic microbiota in mammalian herbivores. Here, a data compilation is presented of in vivo CH4 measurements in individuals of 37 mammalian herbivore species fed forage-only diets, from...

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Main Authors: M. Clauss, M.T. Dittmann, C. Vendl, K.B. Hagen, S. Frei, S. Ortmann, D.W.H. Müller, S. Hammer, A.J. Munn, A. Schwarm, M. Kreuzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
methanogens
mean retention time
digesta washing
foregut fermentation
hindgut fermentation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731119003161

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