Effect of altering ruminal pH by dietary buffer supplementation on methane emissions from sheep fed forage rape

• Published in: Animal (Cambridge, England) Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 952 - 962
• Main Authors: Sun, X Z, Harland, R, Pacheco, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Limited 01.05.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Brassica; Carbohydrates; Carbon dioxide; Diet; Emission analysis; Emission measurements; Emission standards; Emissions; Feed additives; Fermentation; forage brassica; Forage crops; Gases; greenhouse gas; Humidity; Lignin; Methane; Methanogenic bacteria; Microorganisms; pH effects; pH monitoring bolus; Rape; Rumen; ruminal fermentation; Sheep; Sodium; Sodium carbonate; New Zealand; United Kingdom > UK; pH monitoring bolus; ruminal fermentation; forage brassica; sodium carbonate; greenhouse gas

Low methane (CH4) emissions from sheep fed forage rape (Brassica napus) might be related to low ruminal pH value. In this study, sodium carbonate (Na2CO3: SC) was supplemented to the diet to alter ruminal pH for evaluation of its role in CH4 emissions from sheep fed forage rape. Fourteen intact and...