In vivo evaluation of garlic (Allium sativum) supplementation to rice straw-based diet on mitigation of CH 4 and CO 2 emissions and blood profiles using crossbreed rams

• Published in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2018-11, Vol.98 (14), p.5197-5204
• Main Authors: Kim, Ji Yung, Ghassemi Nejad, Jalil, Park, Ji Young, Lee, Bae Hun, Hanada, Masaaki, Kim, Byong Wan, Sung, Kyung Il
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Carbon Dioxide - chemistry; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Garlic - metabolism; Hybridization, Genetic; Lipoproteins, LDL - blood; Male; Methane - chemistry; Methane - metabolism; Oryza - chemistry; Oryza - metabolism; Plant Stems - chemistry; Plant Stems - metabolism; Rumen - metabolism; Sheep - blood; Sheep - growth & development; Sheep - metabolism
• ISSN: 0022-5142; 1097-0010
• DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9055

Two experiments were implemented using three cannulated crossbreed rams (Corriedale × Suffolk) fed rice straw-based diet. In vivo evaluation of garlic powder (GP) supplementation to rice straw-based diet on CH and CO emissions and blood profiles of the rams (body weight = 52 ± 3 kg) was performed. The design was a triplicate 3 × 3 Latin square. Groups were the control (no GP) and two GP groups, which were given supplementation for 0.1 (GP0.1) and 0.5% (GP0.5) of concentrate. The differences between two experiments were data missing of GP0.1 and uncontrolled environment in Experiment 1. Blood profiles were added in Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, supplementation of GP to the rams reduced CH production significantly (P  0.05) lower in the GP0.5 group than the control group, whereas glutamic pyruvic transaminase, total protein, urea N, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and non-esterified fatty acids were not significantly (P > 0.05) different. GP supplementation, particularly GP0.5, decreases CH emissions in rams fed rice straw-based diets. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.