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A dimensional reduction approach to modulate the core ruminal microbiome associated with methane emissions via selective breeding
(2021-03-15)
The rumen is a complex microbial system of substantial importance in terms of greenhouse gas emissions
and feed efficiency. This study proposes combining metagenomic and host genomic data for selective
breeding of the ...
Holobiont effect accounts for more methane emission variance than the additive and microbiome effects on dairy cattle
(2021-05-11)
Rumen microbiota has been previously related to phenotypic complex traits of relevance in dairy cattle. The joint analysis of the host’s genetic background and its microbiota can be statistically modelled using similarity ...
Can genomics cope with a 30% reduction of methane emission from livestock in 10 years?
(2022)
Livestock will face an important challenge within the next decade to cope with the objective of cut by 30% methane emissions, as agreed in the COP26. This study summarises the latest genetic parameter estimates between ...
Fungal and ciliate protozoa are the main rumen microbes associated with methane emissions in dairy cattle
(2022-01-30)
Background: Mitigating the effects of global warming has become the main challenge for humanity in recent decades. Livestock farming contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, with an important output of methane from enteric ...
Structural equation models to disentangle the biological relationship between microbiota and complex traits: Methane production in dairy cattle as a case of study
(2019-09-18)
The advent of metagenomics in animal breeding poses the challenge of statistically modelling the relationship between the microbiome, the host genetics and relevant complex traits. A set of structural equation models (SEMs) ...
Rumen eukaryotes are the main phenotypic risk factors for larger methane emissions in dairy cattle
(2022-07-06)
Mitigation of methane emissions from dairy cattle is a relevant strategy to reduce environmental impact from livestock as well as to increase farm profitability through improvement of energy usage. The objective of this ...