TY  - JOUR
A1  - Palangi, Valiollah
A1  - Taghizadeh, Akbar
A1  - Abachi, Soheila
A1  - Lackner, Maximilian
T1  - Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions in Ruminants: A Review
T2  - Sustainability
N2  - Methane is the main greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted by ruminants. Mitigation strategies are required to alleviate this negative environmental impact while maintaining productivity and ruminants’ health. To date, numerous methane mitigation strategies have been investigated, reported and suggested by scientists to the livestock industry. In this review, the authors will focus on the commonly practiced and available techniques expanding the knowledge of the reader on the advances of methane mitigation strategies with a focus on the recent literature. Furthermore, the authors will attempt to discuss the drawbacks of the strategies in terms of animal health and performance reduction as well as the concept of feed and energy loss, adding an economic perspective to methane emission mitigation which is in the farmers’ direct interest. As a whole, many factors are effective in reducing undesired methane production, but this is definitely a complex challenge. Conclusively, further research is required to offer effective and efficient methane production mitigation solutions in ruminants worldwide, thus positively contributing to climate change.
KW  - greenhouse gas (GHG)
KW  - ruminal microorganism
KW  - methane emission
Y1  - 
UR  - http://opus.technikum-wien.at/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3377
VL  - Vol. 14
IS  - Issue 20
ER  -