Regulation of feed efficiency and methane production in ruminating animals
AssigneeThe State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Institute)
InventorItzhak Mizrahi
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Abstract
A method of determining the feed efficiency and methane production of a ruminating animal comprising analyzing the number and/or diversity of a bacterial taxon of a microbiome of the animal or of a gene content of said microbiome, wherein a number and/or diversity of said taxon below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production, or a number of genes below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production.
Claims4
A method of qualifying the feed efficiency in ruminating animals comprising:
- (a) determining the feed efficiency or methane production of the ruminating animals by quantifying at least one bacterial species as set forth in Table 4 in a microbiome of the animal, wherein, when the level of at least one bacterial species in Table 4 is above a predetermined level, it is indicative of a high feed efficiency or a low methane production;
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- (b) selecting the animals which have a high feed efficiency and low methane production, thereby identifying the animals that efficiently consume their feed.
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