TY - JOUR AU - Roque, Breanna Michell AU - Brooke, Charles Garrett AU - Ladau, Joshua AU - Polley, Tamsen AU - Marsh, Lyndsey Jean AU - Najafi, Negeen AU - Pandey, Pramod AU - Singh, Latika AU - Kinley, Robert AU - Salwen, Joan King AU - Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley AU - Kebreab, Ermias AU - Hess, Matthias PY - 2019 DA - 2019/02/12 TI - Effect of the macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis on methane production and rumen microbiome assemblage JO - Animal Microbiome SP - 3 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Recent studies using batch-fermentation suggest that the red macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis has the potential to reduce methane (CH4) production from beef cattle by up to ~ 99% when added to Rhodes grass hay; a common feed in the Australian beef industry. These experiments have shown significant reductions in CH4 without compromising other fermentation parameters (i.e. volatile fatty acid production) with A. taxiformis organic matter (OM) inclusion rates of up to 5%. In the study presented here, A. taxiformis was evaluated for its ability to reduce methane production from dairy cattle fed a mixed ration widely utilized in California, the largest milk producing state in the US. SN - 2524-4671 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-019-0004-4 DO - 10.1186/s42523-019-0004-4 ID - Roque2019 ER -