Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis

Guilhermo F. de Souza Congio; André Bannink; Olga Lucía Mayorga Mogollón; Gustavo Jaurena; Horacio Gonda; José Ignacio Gere; María Esperanza Cerón-Cucchi; Abimael Ortiz-Chura; María Paz Tieri; Olegario Hernández; Patricia Ricci; María Paula Juliarena; Banira Lombardi; Adibe Luiz Abdalla; Adibe Luiz Abdalla-Filho; Alexandre Berndt; Patrícia Perondi Anchão Oliveira; Fábio Luis Henrique; Alda Lúcia  Gomes Monteiro; Luiza Ilha Borges; Henrique M.N. Ribeiro-Filho; Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Pereira; Thierry Ribeiro Tomich; Mariana Magalhães Campos; Fernanda Samarini Machado; Marcos Inácio Marcondes; Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante; Leandro Sannomiya Sakamoto; Lucia Galvão Albuquerque; Paulo César  de Faccio Carvalho; Jusiane Rossetto; Jean Víctor Savian; Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues; Flávio Perna Júnior; Tainá Silvestre Moreira; Rogério Martins Maurício; João Paulo Pacheco Rodrigues; Ana Luiza  da Costa Cruz Borges; Ricardo Reis e Silva; Helena Ferreira Lage; Ricardo Andrade Reis; Ana Cláudia Ruggieri; Abmael  da Silva Cardoso; Sila Carneiro da Silva; Marília Barbosa Chiavegato; Sebastião  de Campos Valadares-Filho; Flávia Adriane  de Sales Silva; Diego Zanetti; Telma Teresinha Berchielli; Juliana Duarte Messana; Alexander N. Hristov

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127693

Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis

Guilhermo F. de Souza Congio^*, André Bannink, Olga Lucía Mayorga Mogollón, Gustavo Jaurena, Horacio Gonda, José Ignacio Gere, María Esperanza Cerón-Cucchi, Abimael Ortiz-Chura, María Paz Tieri, Olegario Hernández, Patricia Ricci, María Paula Juliarena, Banira Lombardi, Adibe Luiz Abdalla, Adibe Luiz Abdalla-Filho, Alexandre Berndt, Patrícia Perondi Anchão Oliveira, Fábio Luis Henrique, Alda Lúcia Gomes Monteiro, Luiza Ilha BorgesHenrique M.N. Ribeiro-Filho, Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Pereira, Thierry Ribeiro Tomich, Mariana Magalhães Campos, Fernanda Samarini Machado, Marcos Inácio Marcondes, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante, Leandro Sannomiya Sakamoto, Lucia Galvão Albuquerque, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Jusiane Rossetto, Jean Víctor Savian, Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues, Flávio Perna Júnior, Tainá Silvestre Moreira, Rogério Martins Maurício, João Paulo Pacheco Rodrigues, Ana Luiza da Costa Cruz Borges, Ricardo Reis e Silva, Helena Ferreira Lage, Ricardo Andrade Reis, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Abmael da Silva Cardoso, Sila Carneiro da Silva, Marília Barbosa Chiavegato, Sebastião de Campos Valadares-Filho, Flávia Adriane de Sales Silva, Diego Zanetti, Telma Teresinha Berchielli, Juliana Duarte Messana, Alexander N. Hristov^*

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Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is a developing region characterized for its importance for global food security, producing 23 and 11% of the global beef and milk production, respectively. The region's ruminant livestock sector however, is under scrutiny on environmental grounds due to its large contribution to enteric methane (CH₄) emissions and influence on global climate change. Thus, the identification of effective CH₄ mitigation strategies which do not compromise animal performance is urgently needed, especially in context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) defined in the Paris Agreement of the United Nations. Therefore, the objectives of the current study were to: 1) collate a database of individual sheep, beef and dairy cattle records from enteric CH₄ emission studies conducted in the LAC region, and 2) perform a meta-analysis to identify feasible enteric CH₄ mitigation strategies, which do not compromise animal performance. After outlier's removal, 2745 animal records (65% of the original data) from 103 studies were retained (from 2011 to 2021) in the LAC database. Potential mitigation strategies were classified into three main categories (i.e., animal breeding, dietary, and rumen manipulation) and up to three subcategories, totaling 34 evaluated strategies. A random effects model weighted by inverse variance was used (Comprehensive Meta-Analysis V3.3.070). Six strategies decreased at least one enteric CH₄ metric and simultaneously increased milk yield (MY; dairy cattle) or average daily gain (ADG; beef cattle and sheep). The breed composition F1 Holstein × Gyr decreased CH₄ emission per MY (CH₄I_Milk) while increasing MY by 99%. Adequate strategies of grazing management under continuous and rotational stocking decreased CH₄ emission per ADG (CH₄I_Gain) by 22 and 35%, while increasing ADG by 22 and 71%, respectively. Increased dietary protein concentration, and increased concentrate level through cottonseed meal inclusion, decreased CH₄I_Milk and CH₄I_Gain by 10 and 20% and increased MY and ADG by 12 and 31%, respectively. Lastly, increased feeding level decreased CH₄I_Gain by 37%, while increasing ADG by 171%. The identified effective mitigation strategies can be adopted by livestock producers according to their specific needs and aid LAC countries in achieving SDG as defined in the Paris Agreement.

Original language	English
Article number	127693
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	312
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127693
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2021

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Cattle
Enteric methane
Global warming
Greenhouse gas emissions
Mitigation
Sheep

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de Souza Congio, G. F., Bannink, A., Mayorga Mogollón, O. L., Jaurena, G., Gonda, H., Gere, J. I., Cerón-Cucchi, M. E., Ortiz-Chura, A., Tieri, M. P., Hernández, O., Ricci, P., Juliarena, M. P., Lombardi, B., Abdalla, A. L., Abdalla-Filho, A. L., Berndt, A., Oliveira, P. P. A., Henrique, F. L., Gomes Monteiro, A. L., ... Hristov, A. N. (2021). Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, Article 127693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127693

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AU - Bannink, André

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AU - Cerón-Cucchi, María Esperanza

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AU - Tieri, María Paz

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AU - Campos, Mariana Magalhães

AU - Machado, Fernanda Samarini

AU - Marcondes, Marcos Inácio

AU - Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti

AU - Sakamoto, Leandro Sannomiya

AU - Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão

AU - de Faccio Carvalho, Paulo César

AU - Rossetto, Jusiane

AU - Savian, Jean Víctor

AU - Rodrigues, Paulo Henrique Mazza

AU - Júnior, Flávio Perna

AU - Moreira, Tainá Silvestre

AU - Maurício, Rogério Martins

AU - Pacheco Rodrigues, João Paulo

AU - da Costa Cruz Borges, Ana Luiza

AU - Reis e Silva, Ricardo

AU - Lage, Helena Ferreira

AU - Reis, Ricardo Andrade

AU - Ruggieri, Ana Cláudia

AU - da Silva Cardoso, Abmael

AU - da Silva, Sila Carneiro

AU - Chiavegato, Marília Barbosa

AU - de Campos Valadares-Filho, Sebastião

AU - de Sales Silva, Flávia Adriane

AU - Zanetti, Diego

AU - Berchielli, Telma Teresinha

AU - Messana, Juliana Duarte

AU - Hristov, Alexander N.

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Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis

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