Effect of mid-term oral administration of the Caesalpinia coriaria extract on the sustainable mitigation of equine fecal methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide productions

• Published in: Journal of equine veterinary science p. 104021
• Main Authors: Acosta, Jorge Alfonso Diego, Elghandour, Mona M M Y, Mariezcurrena-Berasain, Maria Dolores, Adegbeye, Moyosore J, Fajemisin, Adebowale Noah, Pliego, Alberto Bababosa, Salem, Abdelfattah Z M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21-05-2022
• Subjects: Methane; Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq) wild leaf extract; Horses; Greenhouse gases
• ISSN: 0737-0806

Fecal samples were collected from horses with 0-, 60- and 120-mL aqueous extract of the Cascalote fruit for 30 days as Fecal 0, Fecal 60 and Fecal 120, respectively. During incubation, 0, 0.6, 1.2- and 1.8-mL CC extract was added to each fecal type. Feces from the horse given no CC extract produced the lowest (P =0.0014) methane while the fecal from horses given oral CC produced more methane with Fecal 120 producing the highest. It was also observed that all CC dose linearly (P =0.0457) produced more methane than the control. Furthermore, Fecal 0 was more efficient and produced less methane for every unit of ME, OM, and SCFA while Fecal 60 was the least efficient. Production of H
S showed that feces of equine orally give 60 mL/day CC produced the highest while Fecal 0 and Fecal 120 were similar. Fecal type x dose showed that 0 mL/g DM produced the highest H
S while 1.8 mL/g DM produced the lowest. Thus, based on gas production, H
S, CO and CH
, feeding horses for with 60 mL/day of CC with 0 or 0.6 mL/g DM CC extract is recommended for the sustainable mitigation of greenhouse gases emission in horses.