Quantification and Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Production Systems

• Other Authors: Chagunda, Mizeck (Editor), Løvendahl, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; environmental modelling; pasture systems; nitrous oxide; methane emissions; nitrate leaching; climate change; heat stress; goat; immunization; methane; volatile fatty acids; backgrounded cattle; encapsulated nitrate; essential oil; nitrogen balance; reduction strategy; rumen fermentation; microbial flora; tea saponins; Moringa oleifera; fecal methanogenic community; dairy cows; mcrA gene sequencing technique; methane emission; tropical beef cattle; Desmanthus; supplementation; growth performance; ruminant nutrition; legumes; NDIR; laser; agreement; enteric emissions; interchangeability; heifer; forage-to-concentrate ratio; prediction equation; sulphur hexafluoride tracer technique; genetic evaluation; greenhouse gases; environment; dairy goat farming; linear programming; GHG emissions; abatement cost; mitigation options; carbon footprint
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Ruminants contribute significantly to human food security. However, the production of ruminants contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are responsible for climate change. GHGs such as methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide are produced from different processes of ruminant production....