Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production
Cattle are a major source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions: methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia (NH3). This collection reviews the range of research on ways of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock production. Part 1 reviews the genetics, measurement and modelling of methane emissions from cattle. Chapters cover what we know about rumen function and genetics in relation to methane emissions, ways of measuring and modelling emissions. Part 2 reviews the contribution of breeding, housing and husbandry practices including manure management. Part 3 assesses nutritional approaches to reducing emissions, from forage and silage to feed supplements such as plant bioactive compounds and direct-fed microbials as well as inhibitors and vaccines to modify the rumen environment.
- Launch:
- Sep. 2020
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Part 1: Analysis
1. Understanding rumen genetics and its implications for reducing methane emissions from cattle
Rainer Roehe
2. Measuring methane emissions from livestock
Deli Chen
3. Modelling methane emissions from livestock
Laurence Shalloo
Part 2: Breeding, animal husbandry and manure management
4. Improving selection for low methane-emitting livestock breeds
Yvette de Haas
5. Improving livestock housing and management to minimise greenhouse gas emissions
F.-X Philippe
6. The contribution of animal health to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock
Ilias Kyriazakis
7. Improving livestock manure collection, storage and separation
Barbara Amon
8. Developments in anaerobic digestion to optimise use of livestock manure
Yongzhong Feng
Part 3: Nutrition
9. The impact of improving feed efficiency on the environmental impact of livestock production:
James Drackley
10. Improving grassland/forage quality and management to reduce livestock greenhouse gas
emissions
Michael O`Donovan
11. The use of feed supplements to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions: plant bioactive compounds
Cecile Martin
12. The use of feed supplements to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions: direct-fed microbials
Catherine Stanton
13. Modifying the rumen environment to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions
Tim McAllister
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