Feeding Management Strategies to Mitigate Methane and Improve Production Efficiency in Feedlot Cattle

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 758
• Main Authors: Galyean, Michael L., Hales, Kristin E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: ad libitum feeding; Beef cattle; beef industry; Canada; carcass quality; cattle; Climate change; compensatory growth; Costs (Law); Diet; Efficiency; Emissions; Energy; excretion; Experiments; Feces; feed intake; feeding management systems; Feedlots; Feeds; Greenhouse gases; greenhouses; Livestock industry; Methane; methane prediction; Nitrification; nitrogen; Nutrients; Physical growth; restricted feeding; Review; Strategic planning (Business); Urine; United States > US; Ohio; Canada; methane prediction; beef cattle; feeding management systems

Mitigation of greenhouse gases and decreasing nutrient excretion have become increasingly important goals for the beef cattle industry. Because feed intake is a major driver of enteric CH4 production and nutrient excretion, feeding management systems could be important mitigation tools. Programmed f...