Major milestone achieved for measuring methane and feed intake from free-grazing pastoral cattle in East Africa

Major milestone achieved for measuring methane and feed intake from free-grazing pastoral cattle in East Africa

In a major advance for livestock and climate science in the region, scientists at ILRI's Mazingira Centre have directly measured enteric methane emissions and feed intake of free-grazing pastoral cattle in East Africa. This tracer gas-based technique has long been used in countries like New Zealand, Australia, Latin America, the USA and South Africa, but until now had not been successfully adapted to East Africa's rangelands.  “We adapted intern…