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Mitigation of rumen methane emissions with foliage and pods of tropical trees

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Canul-Solis, Jorge, Campos-Navarrete, María, Piñeiro-Vázquez, Angel, Casanova-Lugo, Fernando, Barros-Rodríguez, Marcos, Chay-Canul, Alfonso, Cárdenas-Medina, José, Castillo-Sánchez, Luis·2020·Animals

Abstract

Methane produced by enteric fermentation contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. Methane is one of the GHG resulting from anthropogenic activities with the greater global warming contribution. Ruminant production systems contribute between 18% and 33% of methane emissions. Due to this, there has been growing interest in finding feed alternatives which may help to mitigate methane production in the rumen. The presence of a vast range of secondary metabolites in tropical trees (coumarins, phenols, tannins, and saponins, among others) may be a valuable alternative to manipulate rumen fermentation and partially defaunate the rumen, and thus reduce enteric methane production. Recent reports suggest that it is possible to decrease methane emissions in sheep by up to 27% by feeding them saponins from the tea leaves of Camellia sinensis; partial defaunation (54%) of the rumen has been achieved using saponins from Sapindus saponaria. The aim of this review was to collect, analyze, and interpret scientific information on the potential of tropical trees and their secondary metabolites to mitigate methane emissions from ruminants.

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  • Tannins can modify the ruminal microbiome, reduce protein degradation, decrease methanogenesis, and inhibit fatty acid biohydrogenation.

    “Tannins can modify the ruminal microbiome, reduce protein degradation, decrease methanogenesis, and inhibit FA biohydrogenation (174, 175).”

    From Phytogenic Additives Can Modulate Rumen Microbiome to Mediate Fermentation Kinetics and Methanogenesis Through Exploiting Diet–Microbe Interaction (2020) · cites this paper as [175]

    Section 6 (page not available) says low concentrations of condensed tannins protect proteins from microbial degradation in the rumen, supporting the protein-degradation part. It discusses changes in rumen fermentation, methane production, and fatty-acid biohydrogenation for secondary metabolites or tropical-tree feeds more broadly, but does not establish all three effects specifically for tannins. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Canul-Solis, J., Campos-Navarrete, M., Piñeiro-Vázquez, A., Casanova-Lugo, F., Barros-Rodríguez, M., Chay-Canul, A., Cárdenas-Medina, J., & Castillo-Sánchez, L.
Affiliations
  • Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Tizimín, Yucatán. Avenida Cupul km 2.5, Tizimín 97700, Mexico
  • Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Conkal, Conkal 97345, Mexico
  • Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de la Zona Maya, Othón P. Blanco 77960, Mexico
  • Universidad Técnica de Ambato (EC)
  • División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa 86280, Mexico
  • Tecnológico Nacional de México (MX)
Corresponding author
Castillo-Sánchez, Luis
Venue
Animals
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-05-13
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
843
ISSN
2076-2615 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3025893640
Cited by
30
References
80
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FWCI
0.54
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Greater South Information System
Funders
Tecnológico Nacional de México
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Keywords
enteric methane, ruminants, secondary metabolites, saponins, tannins, phenols, coumarins, rumen defaunation, Camellia sinensis, Sapindus saponaria, greenhouse gas emissions, sheep

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