Reducing methane emissions in sheep by immunization against rumen methanogens

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 29-30, 2004, Pages 3976-3985

  Wright, A D G ^a   Kennedy, P ^a   O'Neill, C J ^a   Toovey, A F ^a   Popovski, S ^a   Rea, S M ^a   Pimm, C L ^a   Klein, L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas; Ruminants; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; METHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNIZATION; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SALIVA LEVEL; SHEEP;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ARCHAEAL; ARCHAEA; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KINETICS; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSARCINA; RUMEN; SALIVA; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES;

EID: 4444300414     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.053     Document Type: Article

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