Nutritional impact of Desmanthus as protein supplement on tropical beef cattle performance, methane emissions, rumen volatile fatty acids and plasma metabolite profiles in northern Australia
Suybeng, Bénédicte (2021) Nutritional impact of Desmanthus as protein supplement on tropical beef cattle performance, methane emissions, rumen volatile fatty acids and plasma metabolite profiles in northern Australia. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Bénédicte Suybeng investigated the effect of supplementing tropical beef cattle with Desmanthus on in vivo methane emissions and performance. She found that Desmanthus can maintain animal liveweight, health status and improve nitrogen utilisation without negatively affecting rumen fermentation and plasma metabolite profiles. However, on high-quality diets, Desmanthus did not reduce methane emissions. Meat & Livestock Australia is using the results of her study.
| Item ID: | 73546 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | climate change; Desmanthus bicornutus; Desmanthus leptophyllus; Desmanthus virgatus; Desmanthus; GreenFeed; greenhouse gas; growth performance; legumes; methane emission; mitigation; nitrogen metabolism; phenolics; plasma metabolites; polyethylene glycol; ruminant nutrition; supplementation; tannins; tropical beef cattle; volatile fatty acids |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2021 Bénédicte Suybeng. |
| Additional Information: | Four publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are: Chapter 2: Suybeng, Benedicte, Charmley, Edward, Gardiner, Christopher, Malau-Aduli, Bunmi S., and Malau-Aduli, Aduli E.O. (2019) Methane emissions and the use of Desmanthus in beef cattle production in Northern Australia. Animals, 9 (8). 542. Chapter 3: Suybeng, Benedicte, Charmley, Edward, Gardiner, Christopher P., Malau-Aduli, Bunmi S., and Malau-Aduli, Aduli E.O. (2020) Supplementing Northern Australian beef cattle with Desmanthus tropical legume reduces in-vivo methane emissions. Animals, 10 (11). 2097. Chapter 4: Suybeng, Benedicte, Charmley, Edward, Gardiner, Christopher P., Malau-Aduli, Bunmi S., and Malau-Aduli, Aduli E.O. (2021) Plasma metabolites, productive performance and rumen volatile fatty acid profiles of Northern Australian Bos indicus steers supplemented with Desmanthus and lucerne. Metabolites, 11 (6). 356. Chapter 5: Suybeng, Bénédicte, Mwangi, Felista W., McSweeney, Christopher S., Charmley, Edward, Gardiner, Christopher P., Malau-Aduli, Bunmi S., and Malau-Aduli, Aduli E. O. (2021) Response to climate change: evaluation of methane emissions in Northern Australian beef cattle on a high quality diet supplemented with Desmanthus using open-circuit respiration chambers and GreenFeed emission monitoring systems. Biology, 10 (9). 943. |
| Research Data: | https://doi.org/10.25903/z2wp-k834 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2022 00:46 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3003 Animal production > 300301 Animal growth and development @ 50% 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3003 Animal production > 300303 Animal nutrition @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1004 Livestock raising > 100401 Beef cattle @ 100% |
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