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Invited review: current enteric methane mitigation options

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Beauchemin, Karen A., Ungerfeld, Emilio M., Abdalla, Adibe L., Alvarez, Clementina, Arndt, Claudia, Becquet, Philippe, Benchaar, Chaouki, Berndt, Alexandre +12 more·2022·Journal of Dairy Science

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  • Because of the need for controlled feeding, most existing options are designed for confined, non-grazing systems.

    “Because of the need for controlled feeding, most existing options are designed for confined, non-grazing systems (Beauchemin et al., 2022).”

    From Impact of 10 years of adaptive multi-paddock grazing on soil carbon and beef's greenhouse gas footprint in the US Upper Midwest (2026) · cites this paper as Beauchemin et al., 2022

    The Summary of Mitigation Strategies says feed-based strategies require a way to deliver supplements and that substantially less research is available for partial grazing than for confined systems. But it also says these strategies can be used in partial grazing systems with supplementation, so the claim’s restriction to non-grazing systems is too narrow. The provided passages give no page number. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Even the most effective additives-such as 3-nitrooxypropanol or red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis), which can reduce CH4 by 30-80% in feedlot diets-have limited influence on cow-calf-to-finish emissions.

    “As a result, even the most effective additives—such as 3-nitrooxypropanol or red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis), which can reduce CH 4 by 30-80% in feedlot diets (Beauchemin et al., 2022;Roque et al., 2021)—have limited influence on cow-calf-to-finish emissions.”
  • Several alternative mitigation tools are technically available-mostly targeting enteric CH4-but substantial barriers still limit their scalability, including costs, regulatory approval, limited farm-scale testing, and low suitability in grazing settings.

    “Several alternative mitigation tools are technically available—mostly targeting enteric CH 4 —but substantial barriers still limit their scalability, including costs, regulatory approval, limited farm-scale testing, and low suitability in grazing settings (Beauchemin et al., 2022).”
  • Tools intended for grazing cattle generally remain early in development; CH4 vaccines show minimal or inconsistent in vivo effects, and red seaweed additives have so far produced only short-term reductions in small grazing trials.

    “Tools intended for grazing cattle generally remain early in development; for example, CH 4 vaccines show minimal or inconsistent in vivo effects (Beauchemin et al., 2022), and red seaweed additives have so far produced only short-term reductions in small grazing trials (Meo-Filho et al., 2024)”

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Beauchemin, K. A., Ungerfeld, E. M., Abdalla, A. L., Alvarez, C., Arndt, C., Becquet, P., Benchaar, C., Berndt, A., Mauricio, R. M., McAllister, T. A., Oyhantçabal, W., Salami, S. A., Shalloo, L., Sun, Y., Tricarico, J., Uwizeye, A., De Camillis, C., Bernoux, M., Robinson, T., & Kebreab, E.
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  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
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  • Embrapa (BR)
  • Universidad de la República de Uruguay (UY)
  • Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
  • Cargill (United States) (US)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
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Ungerfeld, Emilio M.
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9297-9326
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0022-0302 (ISSN-L)
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  • 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
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
Keywords
enteric methane, methane mitigation, dairy cattle, greenhouse gas emissions, supply chain, holistic approach
MeSH terms
Greenhouse Gases, Animals, Methane, Ruminants, Temperature, Biodiversity

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