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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Mitigating methane emissions in grazing beef cattle with a seaweed-based feed additive: Implications for climate-smart agriculture.

Paulo Meo-Filho, John F Ramirez-Agudelo, Ermias Kebreab

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Can seaweed mitigate methane from cows on a global scale?Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  10. Sustainability of animal-sourced foods and plant-based alternatives.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paulo Meo-FilhoDepartment of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0002-4292-6210
John F Ramirez-AgudeloDepartment of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0002-2169-7260
Ermias KebreabDepartment of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0002-0833-1352

Funding

Non-US Government Research Support type
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ruminant livestock sector considerably contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. This study investigates the effectiveness of pelleted bromoform-containing seaweed (

Indexed as

Animal FeedMethaneSeaweedAgricultureAnimalsCarbon DioxideCattleGreenhouse GasesMaleCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesMethaneenteric methanepastureruminantsseaweed

Identifiers

PMID39621924
PMCPMC11648605

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