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Methane emissions from cattle
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Increasing atmospheric concentrations of methane have led scientists to examine its sources of origin. Ruminant livestock can produce 250 to 500 L of methane per day. This level of production results in estimates of the contribution by cattle to global warming that may occur in the next 50 to 100 yr to be a little less than 2%. Many factors influence methane emissions from cattle and include the following: level of feed intake, type of carbohydrate in the diet, feed processing, addition of lipids or ionophores to the diet, and alterations in the ruminal microflora. Manipulation of these factors can reduce methane emissions from cattle. Many techniques exist to quantify methane emissions from individual or groups of animals. Enclosure techniques are precise but require trained animals and may limit animal movement. Isotopic and nonisotopic tracer techniques may also be used effectively. Prediction equations based on fermentation balance or feed characteristics have been used to estimate methane production. These equations are useful, but the assumptions and conditions that must be met for each equation limit their ability to accurately predict methane production. Methane production from groups of animals can be measured by mass balance, micrometeorological, or tracer methods. These techniques can measure methane emissions from animals in either indoor or outdoor enclosures. Use of these techniques and knowledge of the factors that impact methane production can result in the development of mitigation strategies to reduce methane losses by cattle. Implementation of these strategies should result in enhanced animal productivity and decreased contributions by cattle to the atmospheric methane budget.
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“…production; [2H]recovery , percentage of metabolic hydrogen produced incorporated into methane, propionate, butyrate and dihydrogen; VFA, volatile fatty acids. inefficient to animal production, as it accounts for between 2 and 12% of ruminant gross energy intake (Johnson and Johnson, 1995).”
BackgroundPersistency of methane mitigation by dietary nitrate supplementation in dairy cows
van Zijderveld, S. M., Gerrits, W. J. J., Dijkstra, J., Newbold, J. R., Hulshof, R. B. A., & Perdok, H. B. (2011) · Journal of Dairy Science · doi:10.3168/jds.2011-4236 · Cited by 265
Patra, A. K. (2012) · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · doi:10.1007/s10661-011-2090-y · Cited by 263
Effects of Marine and Freshwater Macroalgae on In Vitro Total Gas and Methane Production
Machado, L., Magnusson, M. E., Paul, N. A., de Nys, R., & Tomkins, N. W. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085289 · Cited by 283
“Most of the CH4 produced in ruminants is exhaled and belched by the animal and represents a loss of up to 12% of gross energy intake [9].”
BackgroundAguerre, M. J., Wattiaux, M. A., Powell, J. M., Broderick, G. A., & Arndt, C. (2011) · Journal of Dairy Science · doi:10.3168/jds.2010-4011 · Cited by 265
“Enteric CH4 production in ruminants is a well-understood process that is closely related to the production of VFA in the rumen (Hungate, 1982; Johnson and Johnson, 1995).”
BackgroundPitesky, M. E., Stackhouse-Lawson, K. R., & Mitloehner, F. M. (2009) · Advances in agronomy · doi:10.1016/s0065-2113(09)03001-6 · Cited by 255
“Clearing the Air: Livestock’s Contribution to Climate Change 17 Mitigation through improved feed efficiency could reduce CH4 emissions and result in economic benefits to producers while improving global methane emissions ( Johnson and Johnson, 1995).”
InfluentialCampanaro, S., Treu, L., Rodriguez‐R, L. M., Kovalovszki, A., Ziels, R. M., Maus, I., Zhu, X., Kougias, P., Basile, A., Luo, G., et al. (2020) · Biotechnology for Biofuels · doi:10.1186/s13068-020-01679-y · Cited by 255
Comparison of methane production between C3 and C4 grasses and legumes
Archimède, H., Eugène, M., Marie-Magdeleine, C., Boval, M., Martin, C., Morgavi, D. P., Lecomte, P., & Doreau, M. (2011) · Animal Feed Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.003 · Cited by 253
“However, variation of CH4 production among the 5 types of forage is lower than that in mixed diets where the proportion of forage and concentrate varies (Johnson and Johnson, 1995).”
BackgroundCool Farming : Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential
Bellarby, J., Foereid, B., Hastings, A., & Smith, P. (2008) · Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) · Cited by 253
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Cattle Production and Health: Driver or Passenger?
O’Hara, E., Neves, A. L. A., Song, Y., & Guan, L. L. (2020) · Annual Review of Animal Biosciences · doi:10.1146/annurev-animal-021419-083952 · Cited by 254
“In addition to its negative environmental impact, the loss of gross dietary energy to the animal via enteric methanogenesis is estimated at 2–12% and is therefore a major contributor to reduced host feed efficiency (FE) (7).”
BackgroundNonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane
Wang, D. T., Gruen, D. S., Lollar, B. S., Hinrichs, K., Stewart, L. C., Holden, J. F., Hristov, A. N., Pohlman, J., Morrill, P. L., Könneke, M., et al. (2015) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaa4326 · Cited by 248
Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from Canadian animal agriculture: A review
Kebreab, E., Clark, K., Wagner‐Riddle, C., & France, J. (2006) · Canadian Journal of Animal Science · doi:10.4141/a05-010 · Cited by 248
“Johnson and Johnson (1995) give a critical review of some of the methods used; therefore, attention is given here to the most commonly used techniques and studies providing a comparison of methods.”
BackgroundMethodA universal equation to predict methane production of forage-fed cattle in Australia
Charmley, E., Williams, S. R. O., Moate, P. J., Hegarty, R. S., Herd, R. M., Oddy, V. H., Reyenga, P. J., Staunton, K. M., Anderson, A., & Hannah, M. C. (2015) · Animal Production Science · doi:10.1071/an15365 · Cited by 247
“At any given DMI, the observed variation in methane emissions is due to several factors, including differences in diet composition (Johnson and Johnson 1995), variation in the dayto-day feed intake (Moate et al. 2012), genetic differences among animals (Hegarty et al. 2006) and measurement error…”
BackgroundInfluentialFactors affecting methane production and mitigation in ruminants
Shibata, M., & Terada, F. (2009) · Animal Science Journal · doi:10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00687.x · Cited by 244
Tan, H. Y., Sieo, C. C., Abdullah, N., Liang, J. B., Huang, X. D., & Ho, Y. W. (2011) · Animal Feed Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.07.004 · Cited by 243
The effect of pH on ruminal methanogenesis
Kessel, J. A. S. V., & Russell, J. B. (1996) · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1996.tb00319.x · Cited by 236
Lassey, K. R. (2006) · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.028 · Cited by 233
“Recognising the large scatter in Ym values reported in the literature that neither strongly correlate with forage quality nor differentiate ruminant categories on the same diet (Johnson and Johnson, 1995; Johnson et al., 2000a), the GPG recommendations are ‘broadbrush’ Ym values: either 0.”
BackgroundPotential Environmental Benefits of Ionophores in Ruminant Diets
Tedeschi, L. O., Fox, D. G., & Tylutki, T. P. (2003) · Journal of Environmental Quality · doi:10.2134/jeq2003.1591 · Cited by 231
Phylogenetic analysis of methanogens from the bovine rumen
Whitford, M. F., Teather, R. M., & Forster, R. J. (2001) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/1471-2180-1-5 · Cited by 231
“Interest in methanogens from ruminants has resulted from the role of methane in global warming and from the fact that cattle typically lose 6 % of ingested energy as methane [3].”
BackgroundHoltshausen, L., Chaves, A. V., Beauchemin, K. A., McGinn, S. M., McAllister, T. A., Odongo, N. E., Cheeke, P. R., & Benchaar, C. (2009) · Journal of Dairy Science · doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1843 · Cited by 229
“ing energy efficiency of the cow (Johnson and Johnson, 1995) and from an environmental perspective because J.”
BackgroundHonan, M. C., Feng, X., Tricárico, J. M., & Kebreab, E. (2021) · Animal Production Science · doi:10.1071/an20295 · Cited by 271
“…in several ways, including (1) toxic characteristics on methanogens and protozoa, (2) hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids (alternative H2 sink) and (3) shifts to propionic production, leading to reduction of enteric CH4 production (Johnson and Johnson 1995; Beauchemin et al. 2008, 2009b).”
BackgroundMethane and the Gastrointestinal Tract
Sahakian, A. B., Jee, S.-R., & Pimentel, M. (2009) · Digestive Diseases and Sciences · doi:10.1007/s10620-009-1012-0 · Cited by 222
“Ruminant livestock can actually produce 250–500 l of CH4 per day [28].”
BackgroundInfluentialAlternative approaches to predicting methane emissions from dairy cows1
Mills, J. A. N., Kebreab, E., Yates, C. M., Crompton, L. A., Cammell, S. B., Dhanoa, M. S., Agnew, R. E., & France, J. (2003) · Journal of Animal Science · doi:10.2527/2003.81123141x · Cited by 227
Molecular Diversity of Rumen Methanogens from Sheep in Western Australia
Wright, A. G., Williams, A. J., Winder, B., Christophersen, C. T., Rodgers, S. L., & Smith, K. D. (2004) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.70.3.1263-1270.2004 · Cited by 225
“5% of the methane emitted by ruminants is produced in the rumen (3), and the associated loss of energy for the ruminant has been estimated to be between 2 and 15% of the gross energy intake (18, 25, 40).”
BackgroundKinley, R. D., de Nys, R., Vucko, M. J., Machado, L., & Tomkins, N. W. (2016) · Animal Production Science · doi:10.1071/an15576 · Cited by 243
“Feed energy is typically lost as CH 4 at a rate of up to 12% of gross energy intake (Johnson and Johnson 1995).”
BackgroundImpact of the intensification of beef production in Brazil on greenhouse gas emissions and land use
Cardoso, A. S., Berndt, A., Leytem, A., Alves, B. J. R., de Carvalho, I. D. N. O., de Barros Soares, L. H., Urquiaga, S., & Boddey, R. M. (2016) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.007 · Cited by 227
Ametaj, B. N., Zebeli, Q., Saleem, F., Psychogios, N., Lewis, M., Dunn, S. M., Xia, J., & Wishart, D. S. (2010) · Metabolomics · doi:10.1007/s11306-010-0227-6 · Cited by 209
“and the nature of dietary carbohydrate fermented in the reticulorumen and the ratio between acetate and propionate, affect the amount of methane emitted from cattle (Johnson and Johnson 1995).”
BackgroundIonophores: their use as ruminant growth promotants and impact on food safety.
Callaway, T. R., Edrington, T. S., Rychlik, J. L., Genovese, K. J., Poole, T. L., Jung, Y., Bischoff, K. M., Anderson, R. C., & Nisbet, D. J. (2003) · PubMed · Cited by 212
The use of biochar in animal feeding
Schmidt, H., Hagemann, N., Draper, K., & Kammann, C. I. (2019) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.7373 · Cited by 252
Lan, W., & Yang, C. (2018) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.180 · Cited by 223
Glasson, C. R. K., Kinley, R. D., de Nys, R., King, N., Adams, S. L., Packer, M. A., Svenson, J., Eason, C., & Magnusson, M. E. (2022) · Algal Research · doi:10.1016/j.algal.2022.102673 · Cited by 259
Mao, H.-L., Wang, J., Zhou, Y., & Liu, J. (2010) · Livestock Science · doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2009.12.011 · Cited by 208
“In the process of ruminal fermentation in ruminants, 2–12% of ingested gross energy is converted to methane, which not only lowers the efficiency of feedstuff utilization, but also contributes to global warming (Johnson and Johnson, 1995).”
BackgroundPrediction of enteric methane emissions from cattle
Moraes, L. E., Strathe, A. B., Fadel, J. G., Casper, D. P., & Kebreab, E. (2013) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.12471 · Cited by 207
“These rely on the prediction of methane emissions at the individual animal level because measurements of daily emissions from livestock require specialized equipment and may be expensive (Johnson & Johnson, 1995).”
BackgroundMethane abatement strategies for cattle: Lipid supplementation of diets
Beauchemin, K. A., McGinn, S. M., & Petit, H. V. (2007) · Canadian Journal of Animal Science · doi:10.4141/cjas07011 · Cited by 207
Malmuthuge, N., & Guan, L. L. (2017) · Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology · doi:10.1186/s40104-016-0135-3 · Cited by 217
“Methane emission is a greater issue in terms of both global warming and feed efficiency of cattle [42, 43] in which inefficient cattle has been linked to a higher emission of methane [36].”
BackgroundBasarab, J. A., Beauchemin, K. A., Baron, V. S., Ominski, K., Guan, L., Miller, S. P., & Crowley, J. J. (2013) · animal · doi:10.1017/s1751731113000888 · Cited by 202
“RFI, methane production and digestibility Reduction of CH4 emissions from ruminants is important because it represents 2% to 12% loss of feed energy by cattle (Johnson et al., 1994; Johnson and Johnson, 1995) and is linked to global warming.”
BackgroundInfluential
Metadata
- Authors
- Johnson, K. A., & Johnson, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- ORCID
- Johnson, K. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Animal Science
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1995-08-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2483-2492
- ISSN
- 0021-8812 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-3163
- OpenAlex
- W1837026033
- Cited by
- 2,714
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 131 · 2025: 157 · 2024: 174 · 2023: 159 · 2022: 197 · 2021: 158 · 2020: 154 · 2019: 133 · 2018: 135 · 2017: 133 · 2016: 160 · 2015: 161 · 2014: 150 · 2013: 105 · 2012: 114
- FWCI
- 9.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Animal Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Keywords
- methane emissions, cattle, ruminant livestock, enteric methane, global warming, methane mitigation, feed intake, dietary carbohydrates, feed processing, dietary fat, ionophores, tracer techniques, mass balance, micrometeorological methods, methane budget
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animal Feed, Atmosphere, Cattle, Cattle Diseases, Chromatography, Gas, Diet, Eating, Eructation, Female, Fermentation, Methane, Rumen, Mass Spectrometry, Greenhouse Effect
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