TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro Fermentation, Methane Emission and Global Warming
AU - Rahman, M.M. AU - Amran Mohd. Salleh, Mohamad AU - Ahsan, Amimul AU - Lee, J.E. AU - Ra, C.S.
JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL - 11
IS - 20
SP - 3717
EP - 3723
PY - 2012
DA - 2001/08/19
SN - 1680-5593
DO - javaa.2012.3717.3723
UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3717.3723
KW - In vitro fermentation
KW -CH4 production
KW -feed evaluation
KW -eco-friendly ration
KW -quality
AB - In vitro fermentation of available 36 feeds was performed
to assess the quality by investigating the methane (CH4) production
rate. For this purpose, a fermentation reactor was designed to capture the CH4
gas emitted and to collect liquor from the reactor during in vitro fermentation.
The result showed that the CH4 production rate was greatly vary in
different feed ingredients. The lowest CH4 producing feeds were corn
gluten feed, brewers grain and
alfalfa straw among all energy, protein and forage feeds, respectively. Significant
differences were found in CH4 emissions (p<0.01) in different
feed ingredients during the 48 h of in vitro fermentation. Finally, an
economically viable and eco-friendly dairy ration was suggested that would be
produced a much less CH4 than that of commercial dairy rations. Suggested
dairy ration might be reduced CH4 emission as well as global warming.
ER -