ReviewJournal of animal science and biotechnology2023
Anti-methanogenic potential of seaweeds and seaweed-derived compounds in ruminant feed: current perspectives, risks and future prospects.
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- Metabolites associated with the inclusion of atlantic GRO® seaweed supplementation as a methane mitigation strategy in the diet of replacement beef heifers.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
- A review on the use of coconut oil to mitigate methane emissions in ruminants: mechanisms of action and research progress.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Seaweed-Based Feed Additive on Enteric Methane Emissions of Grazing Heifers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Validation and comparison of GC-MS, FT-MIR, and FT-NIR techniques for rapid bromoform quantification in Asparagopsis taxiformis extracts.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Red seaweed supplementation suppresses methanogenesis in the rumen, revealing potentially advantageous traits among hydrogenotrophic bacteria.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Harnessing plant agriculture to mitigate climate change: A framework to evaluate synthetic biology (and other) interventions.Plant physiology · 2025Article
- Stacking Interventions Enhances Carbon Removals and Profitability of Livestock Production Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Effect of Dietary Supplementation ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Anti-Methanogenic Potential of Seaweeds and Impact on Feed Fermentation and Rumen Microbiome In Vitro.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Application of the brown macroalgaAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2024Review
- Environmental sustainability and ruminant production: A UK veterinary perspective.The Veterinary record · 2024Review
- Editing microbes to mitigate enteric methane emissions in livestock.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024Review
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Abstract
With methane emissions from ruminant agriculture contributing 17% of total methane emissions worldwide, there is increasing urgency to develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this sector. One of the proposed strategies is ruminant feed intervention studies focused on the inclusion of anti-methanogenic compounds which are those capable of interacting with the rumen microbiome, reducing the capacity of ruminal microorganisms to produce methane. Recently, seaweeds have been investigated for their ability to reduce methane in ruminants in vitro and in vivo, with the greatest methane abatement reported when using the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis (attributed to the bromoform content of this species). From the literature analysis in this study, levels of up to 99% reduction in ruminant methane emissions have been reported from inclusion of this seaweed in animal feed, although further in vivo and microbiome studies are required to confirm these results as other reports showed no effect on methane emission resulting from the inclusion of seaweed to basal feed. This review explores the current state of research aiming to integrate seaweeds as anti-methanogenic feed additives, as well as examining the specific bioactive compounds within seaweeds that are likely to be related to these effects. The effects of the inclusion of seaweeds on the ruminal microbiome are also reviewed, as well as the future challenges when considering the large-scale inclusion of seaweeds into ruminant diets as anti-methanogenic agents.
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