The genetic relationships between different definitions of emissions outputs and feedlot production traits
M D Madsen, T Granleese, R Hergenhan, H Aliloo, M N Aldridge, S A Clark · 2026
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Madsen and co-authors study how the way methane output is defined affects breeding work in beef cattle in a 2026 paper. Breeding for lower methane is one path to cut emissions from cattle. In Australia, monitors sample the breath of feedlot cattle in short visits, and researchers must decide how many samples, and of what length, an animal needs to count.
The team compared 14 data sets built with unlike cutoffs for sample length and count. Requiring at least five samples of two minutes or more did as well as stricter rules and better than looser ones. They also measured how emission traits relate in the genes to feed intake, weight, and growth in the feedlot.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | M D Madsen, T Granleese, R Hergenhan, H Aliloo, M N Aldridge, S A Clark |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |