Buscar
Mostrando ítems 1-7 de 7
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Effect of alternative synchronisation treatments on the vaginal microbiota of ewes and their impact on pregnancy rate
(2022)
The low pregnancy rate by artificial insemination in sheep represents a fundamental challenge for breeding programmes. In this species, estrous synchronization is done by manipulating hormonal regimens through the insertion ...
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 ...
Impact of oestrus synchronization devices on ewes vaginal microbiota and artificial insemination outcome
(2023-03-23)
Introduction: The low pregnancy rate by artificial insemination in sheep represents a fundamental challenge for breeding programs. In this species, oestrus synchronization is carried out by manipulating hormonal regimens ...
Improving phenotypic prediction in dairy cattle breeding using the metagenome
(2019-11-18)
Ruminants evolved from Artiodactyla in the Eocene 50–70 million years ago. In that period, grass began to populate the largest land surface on Earth. Since then, ruminants and their microbiota have evolved together in ...