Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 2 March 2021

ISSUE FOCUS 40 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2021 rumen. Improved feed efficiency and milk yield also correlates with lower methane (CH4) emissions. ROYAL DSM Bovaer® is a feed additive for cows (and other ru- minants, such as sheep, goats, and deer) researched and developed over 10 years by Netherlands-based nutrition and health company DSM. Just a quar- ter teaspoon of Bovaer® per cow per day suppresses the enzyme that triggers methane production in a cow’s rumen and consistently reduces enteric meth- ane emission by approximately 30%. It takes effect immediately and it’s safely broken down in the cow’s normal digestive system. As soon as the additive is not fed anymore, full methane production resumes and there are no lasting effects in the cow. The feed additive Bovaer® therefore contributes to a signifi- cant and immediate reduction of the environmental footprint of meat, milk and dairy products. The solution has recently been featured by the World Resources Institute as one of the ten global break-through technologies that can help to feed the world sustainably. MOOTRAL The Swiss-based company Mootral has developed a feed supplement with the same name as the com- pany, based on garlic and lemon extracts, to reduce enteric emissions. Mootral is a natural feed supplement that signifi- cantly reduces methane emissions from the enteric fermentation of ruminants and is the result of exten- sive research and development. The product is based on a proprietary combination of active compounds from garlic and flavonoids derived from citrus. Research shows a nearly complete inhibition of emitted methane in laboratory experiments (in vi- tro) that reaches up to 38% reduction (dependent on animal breed, age, farm conditions and feed regime) under real farm conditions (in vivo). Mootral can be easily integrated into the feed chain to suit the needs of different farming systems. Sources : 1. FAO-IPCC Expert meeting on climate change, land use and food security, Meeting Report, January 2017 2. FAO, Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Mod- el (GLEAM), http://www.fao.org/gleam 3. FAO, TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH LIVESTOCK, A global assessment of emissions and mitiga- tion opportunities 4. UNEP - The United Nations Environment Programme, https://www.unep.org/ 5. IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, https://www.ipcc.ch/ 6. Alltech & Alltech E-CO2, https://www.alltech.com/ , https://www.alltech-e-co2.com/ 7. Agolin Sa, https://agolin.ch/ 8. Biomin, https://www.biomin.net/ 9. Royal DSM, https://www.dsm.com/ 10. Mootral, https://www.mootral.com/