92 Methane Mitigation in Dairy Animals Begins Before Birth with Opportunities to Impact Throughout Life

• Published in: Journal of animal science Vol. 101; no. Supplement_2; pp. 233 - 234
• Main Author: French, Elizabeth A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Calves; Carbon emissions; Composition; Culling; Dairy industry; Diet; Emissions; Emitters; Environmental impact; Feed additives; Feeding regimes; Feeds; Food additives; Genetics; Greenhouse gases; Lactation; Metabolism; Methane; Methane emissions; Methane production; Microbiomes; Milk; Milk production; Mitigation; Net zero; Nutrients; Offspring; methane; ruminants; mitigation; neonates; calf

Abstract Research efforts are underway to identify methane mitigators in the dairy sector to reach net zero carbon emissions, and ideally, net negative global emissions. Methane mitigation is multifactorial, including strategies in genetics, management, diet composition, diet nutrient composition, a...