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Dietary mitigation of enteric methane emissions from ruminants: A review of plant tannin mitigation options

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Min, Byeng R., Solaiman, Sandra, Waldrip, Heidi M., Parker, David, Todd, Richard W., Brauer, David·2020·Animal nutrition

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Methane gas from livestock production activities is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which have been shown to influence climate change. New technologies offer a potential to manipulate the rumen biome through genetic selection reducing CH4 production. Methane production may also be mitigated to varying degrees by various dietary intervention strategies. Strategies to reduce GHG emissions need to be developed which increase ruminant production efficiency whereas reducing production of CH4 from cattle, sheep, and goats. Methane emissions may be efficiently mitigated by manipulation of natural ruminal microbiota with various dietary interventions and animal production efficiency improved. Although some CH4 abatement strategies have shown efficacy in vivo, more research is required to make any of these approaches pertinent to modern animal production systems. The objective of this review is to explain how anti-methanogenic compounds (e.g., plant tannins) affect ruminal microbiota, reduce CH4 emission, and the effects on host responses. Thus, this review provides information relevant to understanding the impact of tannins on methanogenesis, which may provide a cost-effective means to reduce enteric CH4 production and the influence of ruminant animals on global GHG emissions.

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  • Tannins have effective inhibitory effects on ruminal protein degradation and CH4 emission but require careful selection of diets and nutrient composition to avoid adverse effects on feed digestibility and efficiency.

    “This shows the effective inhibitory effects of tannins on ruminal protein degradation and CH4 emission but requires careful selection of diets and nutrient composition to avoid adverse effects on feed digestibility and efficiency (229).”

    From Phytogenic Additives Can Modulate Rumen Microbiome to Mediate Fermentation Kinetics and Methanogenesis Through Exploiting Diet–Microbe Interaction (2020) · cites this paper as [229]

    The Tannins section (page unavailable) reports that tannin-containing diets can reduce enteric CH4, but says the effect varies and that high-tannin diets can harm production when dietary protein is limiting. The rumen-fermentation section (page unavailable) says condensed tannins bind plant proteins and interfere with protein digestion, but does not establish uniformly effective inhibition of ruminal protein degradation; it also reports increased proteolysis in some studies. The review supports careful diet formulation to avoid adverse effects, while the claim overstates the consistency of the inhibitory effects. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Min, B. R., Solaiman, S., Waldrip, H. M., Parker, D., Todd, R. W., & Brauer, D.
Affiliations
  • Agricultural Research Service (US)
  • Tuskegee University (US)
Corresponding author
Min, Byeng R.
Venue
Animal nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-09
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
231-246
ISSN
  • 2405-6383 (ISSN-L)
  • 2405-6545
OpenAlex
W3041141320
Cited by
159
References
209
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 1
FWCI
2.50
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Animal nutrition (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Keywords
enteric methane, ruminants, plant tannins, methane mitigation, rumen microbiota, methanogenesis, greenhouse gas emissions, dietary intervention, cattle, sheep, goats, host response

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