Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows.

Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows.

Cattle and other ruminants produce large quantities of methane (~110 million metric tonnes per annum), which is a potent greenhouse gas affecting global climate change. Methane (CH4) is a natural by-product of gastro-enteric microbial fermentation of feedstuffs in the rumen and contributes to 6% of...

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Main Authors: Gareth Frank Difford, Damian Rafal Plichta, Peter Løvendahl, Jan Lassen, Samantha Joan Noel, Ole Højberg, André-Denis G Wright, Zhigang Zhu, Lise Kristensen, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Goutam Sahana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6200390?pdf=render

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