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Genetic parameters for methane emission traits in Australian dairy cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 2021
Richardson C M, Nguyen T T T, Abdelsayed M, Moate P J, Williams S R O, Chud T C S, Schenkel F S, Goddard M E, van den Berg I, Cocks B G, Marett L C, Wales W J, Pryce J E
Abstract excerpt
Methane is a greenhouse gas of high interest to the dairy industry, with 57% of Australia's dairy emissions attributed to enteric methane. Enteric methane emissions also constitute a loss of approximately 6.5% of ingested energy. Genetic selection offers a unique mitigation strategy to decrease the methane emissions of dairy cattle, while simultaneously improving their energy efficiency. Breeding objectives...
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