The influence of sward quality on enteric methane production by zero grazed beef cattle
Beef production within Ireland is based predominantly grass based.Enteric methane production from cattle accounts for a loss of approximately 7％ of the gross energy of consumed feed.It is believed that increasing the diet quality in terms of sward digestibility would increase feed intake, increase rumen outflow rate and subsequently reduce methane production.The aim of this experiment was to produce 2 swards differing in dry matter digestibility (DMD) and evaluate the methane production from zero grazed cattle.
methane pasture quality cattle
K.J.Hart P.Martin D.Kenny P.Foley F.P.O Mara T.M.Boland
Lyons Research Farm,University College Dublin,Newcastle,Co.Dublin,Ireland
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）