Feed supplement greatly reduces dairy cow methane emissions

Feed supplement greatly reduces dairy cow methane emissions
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 05, 2015 - A supplement added to the feed of high-producing dairy cows reduced methane emissions by 30 percent and could have ramifications for global climate change, according to an international team of researchers. In addition, over the course of the 12-week study conducted at Penn State's dairy barns, cows that consumed a feed regimen supplemented by the novel methane inhibitor 3-nitrooxypropanol ... more

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