Use of feed additives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms

This review analyses methane emissions from dairy farms due to enteric fermentations and use of different feed additives as a strategy to control them. CH4 is a product that forms during the fermentation of food in the rumen of ruminants and on average represents a 7% loss of the energy ingested by...

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Main Author: Roonal Pritam Kataria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Microbiology Research
Subjects:
CH4
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mr/article/view/6120