Recent Advances in Enteric Methane Mitigation and the Long Road to Sustainable Ruminant Production
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Author
Roques, Simon
Martinez-Fernandez, Gonzalo
Popova, Milka
Denman, Stuart
Meale, Sarah J.
Morgavi, Diego P.
Publication date
2024-02ISSN
2165-8102
Abstract
Mitigation of methane emission, a potent greenhouse gas, is a worldwide priority to limit global warming. A substantial part of anthropogenic methane is emitted by the livestock sector, as methane is a normal product of ruminant digestion. We present the latest developments and challenges ahead of the main efficient mitigation strategies of enteric methane production in ruminants. Numerous mitigation strategies have been developed in the last decades, from dietary manipulation and breeding to targeting of methanogens, the microbes that produce methane. The most recent advances focus on specific inhibition of key enzymes involved in methanogenesis. But these inhibitors, although efficient, are not affordable and not adapted to the extensive farming systems prevalent in low- and middle-income countries. Effective global mitigation of methane emissions from livestock should be based not only on scientific progress but also on the feasibility and accessibility of mitigation strategies.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
636 - Animal husbandry and breeding in general. Livestock rearing. Breeding of domestic animals
Pages
25
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Is part of
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
Citation
Roques, Simon, Gonzalo Martinez-Fernandez, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Milka Popova, Stuart Denman, Sarah J. Meale, and Diego P. Morgavi. 2024. "Recent Advances in Enteric Methane Mitigation and the Long Road to Sustainable Ruminant Production". Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 12 (1): 321–343. doi:10.1146/annurev-animal-021022-024931.
Grant agreement number
EC/H2020/818368/EU/Microbiome Applications for Sustainable food systems through Technologies and EnteRprise/MASTER
EC/H2020/101000213/EU/Understanding microbiomes of the ruminant holobiont/HoloRuminant
MICIU/Programa Estatal de promoción del talento y su empleabilidad en I+D+I/RYC2019-027244-I/ES/Metagenomics and integrative biology tools to improve sustainable livestock systems/
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Genètica i Millora Animal
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