An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production

Hristov, A.N.; Oh, J.; Giallongo, F.; Frederick, T.; Harper, M.T.; Weeks, H.; Ferriani Branco, Antônio; J. Moate, Peter; Deighton, M.H.; Williams, S.R.O.; Kindermann, Maik; Duval, Stéphane

doi:10.1073/pnas.1504124112

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An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Jul 30, 2015

Authors:

A.N. Hristov

J. Oh

F. Giallongo

Abstract

A quarter of all anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States are from enteric fermentation, primarily from ruminant livestock. This study was undertaken to test the effect of a methane inhibitor, 3-nitrooxypropanol (3NOP), on enteric methane emission in lactating Holstein cows. An experimen...

Subject

Greenhouse gas

Methane

Ruminant

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