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Project Code [21/FFP-P/10162]
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Project title
Neonatal Dietary Interventions to Reduce Enteric Methane Emissions (NeoDREMES)
Primary Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Project Abstract
Methane is a greenhouse gas produced from digestion by microorganisms in the stomach of cows and sheep. This study attempts to reduce the development of these microorganisms in the stomach during early life by feeding compounds to the ewe during pregnancy and lactation that reduce the growth/activity of these microorganisms and hence methane production. This will change the types of microorganisms that develop in the stomach of the young lamb during a period when the population is not stable and these changes will carry throughout the lifetime of the animal, subsequently reducing methane emissions.
Grant Approved
�571,783.00
Research Theme
Climate Solutions, Transition Management and Opportunities
Initial Projected Completion Date
30/11/2026