Method for depressing methanogenesis in the rumen of a ruminant
AssigneeSnow Brand Seed Co., Ltd.
InventorJunichi Takahashi
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Abstract
A ruminant feed composition for depressing rumen methanogenesis and improving feed efficiency, which is safe and does not adversely affect a ruminant, and a method for feeding the composition to a ruminant. As an effective component of the feed composition, cysteine and/or its salts are fed to a ruminant in an amount of 0.02 to 0.21 g sulfur equivalent/kg of metabolic body weight per day.
Claims1
A method for depressing methanogenesis in the rumen of a ruminant and improving feed efficiency, which comprises feeding at least one substance selected from the group consisting of cysteine and its salts to a ruminant in a total amount of 0.02 to 0.1 g sulfur equivalent/kg of metabolic body weight per day.
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