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, brewer’s 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 -