Method for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal
AssigneesCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook University
InventorsLorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
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A method for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal comprising the step of administering to said ruminant animal an effective amount of at least one species of red marine macroalgae, wherein the at least one species of red marine macroalgae is Asparagopsis armata.
A method for reducing methane production by a ruminant animal, said method comprising the step of administering to said animal a feed supplement comprising an effective amount of at least one species of red marine macroalgae, wherein the at least one species of red marine macroalgae is Asparagopsis armata.
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