ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2024
Improve animal health to reduce livestock emissions: quantifying an open goal.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Proanthocyanidins inhibit methane emissions by interacting with methyl-coenzyme M reductase and reshaping rumen microbiome function.Microbiome · 2026Article
- Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics in Pigs and Poultry: A Review of Gut Health, Performance, and Environmental Outcomes.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- The Calicophoron daubneyi genome provides new insight into mechanisms of feeding, eggshell synthesis and parasite-microbe interactions.BMC biology · 2025Article
- Opportunities to improve environmental sustainability of pork production through genetics.Journal of animal science · 2025Review
- The effects of PRRS on the environmental impact of pig production: a life cycle assessment study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Improve animal health to reduce livestock emissions: quantifying an open goal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock production must be urgently tackled to substantially reduce their contribution to global warming. Simply reducing livestock numbers to this end risks impacting negatively on food security, rural livelihoods and climate change adaptation. We argue that significant mitigation of livestock emissions can be delivered immediately by improving animal health and hence production efficiency, but this route is not prioritized because its benefits, although intuitive, are poorly quantified. Rigorous methodology must be developed to estimate emissions from animal disease and hence achievable benefits from improved health through interventions. If, as expected, climate change is to affect the distribution and severity of health conditions, such quantification becomes of even greater importance. We have therefore developed a framework and identified data sources for robust quantification of the relationship between animal health and greenhouse gas emissions, which could be applied to drive and account for positive action. This will not only help mitigate climate change but at the same time promote cost-effective food production and enhanced animal welfare, a rare win-win in the search for a sustainable planetary future.
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