Lambs fed fresh winter forage rape (Brassica napus L.) emit less methane than those fed perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), and possible mechanisms behind the difference

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sun, Xuezhao ^a   Henderson, Gemma ^a   Cox, Faith ^a   Molano, German ^a   Harrison, Scott J ^a,b   Luo, Dongwen ^a   Janssen, Peter H ^a   Pacheco, David ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSINOLATE; HYDROGEN; MECYSTEINE; METHANE; NITRATE; PROPIONIC ACID; S METHYL LEVO CYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; S METHYLCYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; FORAGE; FORAGE CROP; LAMB; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; RAPESEED; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SHEEP FARMING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH PH; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RUMEN; SHEEP; VETERINARY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES;

ACETATES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRASSICA NAPUS; DIET; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOLIUM; METHANE; PROPIONATES; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 84925624133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119697     Document Type: Article

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