Supplementing the diet of dairy cows with fat or tannin reduces methane yield, and additively when fed in combination

Addition of fats to the diets of ruminants has long been known to result in a reduction in enteric methane emissions. Tannins have also been used to reduce methane emissions but with mixed success. However, the effect of feeding fat in combination with tannin is unknown. Eight ruminally cannulated H...

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Main Authors: S.R.O. Williams, M.C. Hannah, R.J. Eckard, W.J. Wales, P.J. Moate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731120001032