Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows?

L. Zetouni; S.A.R. Roques; S.K. Kar; Y. de Haas; D. Schokker; M.N. Aldridge

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_25

Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows?

L. Zetouni, S.A.R. Roques, S.K. Kar, Y. de Haas, D. Schokker, M.N. Aldridge

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Abstract

Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock have been at the centre of a worldwide discussion. To achieve tangible results in mitigation strategies, all tools in the available toolset need to be used. One tool is the rumen microbiome, which are partly under the host genetics’ control, and could help explain variation in methane emissions from ruminants. Data on methane emissions and rumen fluid samples were collected from 179 dairy cows from Dutch commercial herds. Genotypes from 70 cows were used to estimate heritability for methane intensity. Our goal was to assess the power of our pipeline, for subsequent application to a bigger dataset, by evaluating the value of adding microbial information to the analysis. Microbial estimates were highly confounded with the effect of farm. Our preliminary results show that our workflow is appropriate and that we will be able to estimate microbiability and heritability when our full dataset becomes available.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP)
Subtitle of host publication	Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges
Editors	R.F. Veerkamp, Y. de Haas
Place of Publication	Wageningen
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Pages	148-151
ISBN (Electronic)	9789086869404
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_25
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 3 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022

Conference/symposium

Conference/symposium	World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	3/07/22 → 8/07/22

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ID B1 Relatie microbioom en genetica (BO-43.10-002-003, BO-43-105-011, BO-53-003-028)
Bouwman, A. (Project Leader)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: LVVN project

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Zetouni, L., Roques, S. A. R., Kar, S. K., de Haas, Y., Schokker, D., & Aldridge, M. N. (2022). Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows? In R. F. Veerkamp, & Y. de Haas (Eds.), Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges (pp. 148-151). Article 25 Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_25

Zetouni, L. ; Roques, S.A.R. ; Kar, S.K. et al. / Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows?. Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. editor / R.F. Veerkamp ; Y. de Haas. Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. pp. 148-151

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Zetouni, L, Roques, SAR, Kar, SK , de Haas, Y , Schokker, D & Aldridge, MN 2022, Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows? in RF Veerkamp & Y de Haas (eds), Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges., 25, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp. 148-151, World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3/07/22. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_25

Can ruminal microbial information help improve selection for low-methane emitting dairy cows? / Zetouni, L.; Roques, S.A.R.; Kar, S.K. et al.
Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. ed. / R.F. Veerkamp; Y. de Haas. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. p. 148-151 25.

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