Review article

https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.55.4.1

Essential oils as modifiers of rumen metabolism and reducers of methane gas production

Anastasia Cruz ; Esp. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia *
Camilo Pineda ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia
Giovanni Moreno ; Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos, Colombia

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

The demand for food in response to the increasing human population has challenged livestock farmers to increase food production. In this process, environmental health has been affected, not only by anthropogenic activities, but also by increasing populations of production animals. Various human activities and natural processes, such as rumen fermentation, produce methane and carbon dioxide, two gases that produce the greenhouse effect. The interest in mitigating the production of these gases has led to research that can assess the most effective measures to do so without affecting animal production. Among them, the use of certain essential oils has shown good results, not only for reducing the population of methanogenic bacteria, but also for modifying rumen metabolism to make it more efficient while reducing methane production. The literature has stated that there is still much to be researched, mainly in vivo studies, and concerning the duration of the effects achieved, to ensure that efforts to reduce methane production do not affect feed conversion..

Keywords

global warming; environmental pollution; ruminants; plants

Hrčak ID:

307168

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/307168

Publication date:

2.11.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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