Effective reduction of enteric methane production by a combination of nitrate and saponin without adverse effect on feed degradability, fermentation, or bacterial and archaeal communities of the rumen

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 148, Issue , 2013, Pages 352-360

  Patra, Amlan Kumar ^a,b   Yu, Zhongtang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Feed degradability; Methane inhibitors; Microbial communities; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; MAMMALS; METHANE; NITRATES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

DEGRADABILITY; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; RUMEN FERMENTATIONS; TOTAL VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

METABOLITES;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; QUILLAJA SAPONIN; SAPONIN; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ABUNDANCE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; FERMENTATION; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; QUILLAJA; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

FEED DEGRADABILITY; METHANE INHIBITORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RUMEN FERMENTATION;

ALKYNES; AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; METHANE; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPIONATES; RUMEN; SAPONINS;

EID: 84884394692     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.140     Document Type: Article

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