Feeding to increase productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
| Project start date: | 31 May 2005 |
| Project end date: | 04 September 2009 |
| Publication date: | 01 April 2008 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
The objectives of this project have been fully achieved. The purpose of the project was to investigate the impact of coconut oil, whole coconut flesh (as an economic method of delivering the oil) and whole cottonseed supplementation on the suppression of both methane emissions and the protozoal population, and improvements in the growth rate of heifers fed C4 grasses and molasses.
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| Project manager: | Rodd Dyer |
| Primary researcher: | Department of Primary Industries |
