Key Considerations for the Use of Seaweed to Reduce Enteric Methane Emissions From Cattle

Enteric methane emissions are the single largest source of direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in beef and dairy value chains and a substantial contributor to anthropogenic methane emissions globally. In late 2019, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E...

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Published in:	Frontiers in veterinary science Vol. 7; p. 597430
Main Authors:	Vijn, Sandra, Compart, Devan Paulus, Dutta, Nikki, Foukis, Athanasios, Hess, Matthias, Hristov, Alexander N, Kalscheur, Kenneth F, Kebreab, Ermias, Nuzhdin, Sergey V, Price, Nichole N, Sun, Yan, Tricarico, Juan M, Turzillo, Adele, Weisbjerg, Martin R, Yarish, Charles, Kurt, Timothy D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 23-12-2020
Subjects:	agriculture beef cattle dairy methane seaweed Veterinary Science agriculture ruminant livestock methane seaweed beef cattle dairy
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Summary:	Enteric methane emissions are the single largest source of direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in beef and dairy value chains and a substantial contributor to anthropogenic methane emissions globally. In late 2019, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) convened approximately 50 stakeholders representing research and production of seaweeds, animal feeds, dairy cattle, and beef and dairy foods to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with the use of seaweed-based ingredients to reduce enteric methane emissions. This article describes the considerations identified by the workshop participants and suggests next steps for the further development and evaluation of seaweed-based feed ingredients as enteric methane mitigants. Although numerous compounds derived from sources other than seaweed have been identified as having enteric methane mitigation potential, these mitigants are outside the scope of this article.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico This article was submitted to Animal Nutrition and Metabolism, a section of the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science Reviewed by: Gabriel O. Ribeiro, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Martin Hünerberg, University of Göttingen, Germany; Leonel Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
ISSN:	2297-1769 2297-1769
DOI:	10.3389/fvets.2020.597430