New feed additive reduces dairy cows’ methane emissions

A novel feed additive that can be included in the diet of dairy cows has been shown to significantly reduce methane emissions by up to 40%. A trial was conducted at the dairy innovation centre’s Dairy Campus of Wageningen Livestock Research in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, to investigate the effect of supplementation of Royal DSM’s methane inhibitor, Bovaer, in different diets. A total of 64 Holstein-Friesian cows in mid-lactation were involved in the study. Which was designed to determine