Development of a vaccine to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture: Vaccination of sheep with methanogen fractions induces antibodies that block methane production in vitro

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Wedlock, D N ^a   Pedersen, G ^a   Denis, M ^a   Buddle, B M ^a   Dey, D ^a   Janssen, P H ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Antibody; Methane; Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1; Methanogen; Rumen; Sheep; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; METHANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; METHANE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; SHEEP;

BOVIDAE; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952296282     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2010.65058     Document Type: Article

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