Yesenia Ángeles-Mayorga, Elmi Roseida Cen-Cen, María Magdalena Crosby-Galván, Jacinto Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, Bernardino Candelaria-Martínez, Alfredo Sánchez-Villarreal, Mónica Ramírez-Mella
Ruminants, mainly cattle, contribute to greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions as methane (CH4 ) is produced by ruminal fermentation. Hence, various anti-methanogenic feed strategies have been studied, including the use of plants with secondary metabolites. This study evaluated in vitro ruminal fermentation metrics, microbial composition by digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) and the CH4 production of the foliage of several tropical trees and shrubs: Leucaena leucocephala , Moringa oleifera , Albizia lebbeck , Enterolobium cyclocarpum , Piscidia piscipula , Brosimum alicastrum , Lysiloma latisiliquum , Guazuma ulmifolia , Cnidoscolus aconitifolius , Gliricidia sepium and Bursera simaruba , using Cynodon plectostachyus grass as control...
September 30, 2022: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI