15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view

J. Conington; N. Lambe; F. Tortereau; F. McGovern; E. Navajas; I. De Barbieri; G. Ciappesoni; J. Jakobsen; E. Smith; J. Yates; Q. Le Graverand; K. McDermott; G. Steinheim; B. Aspeholen Aby; I. Dønnem; N. McHugh; L. Farrell; C. Marie-Etancelin; P. Johnson; S. Rowe

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_15

15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view

J. Conington, N. Lambe, F. Tortereau, F. McGovern, E. Navajas, I. De Barbieri, G. Ciappesoni, J. Jakobsen, E. Smith, J. Yates, Q. Le Graverand, K. McDermott, G. Steinheim, B. Aspeholen Aby, I. Dønnem, N. McHugh, L. Farrell, C. Marie-Etancelin, P. Johnson, S. Rowe

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An international project (‘Grass To Gas’, 2019-2024) to combine expertise and generate new knowledge for the reduction of the potent methane (CH4) greenhouse gas (GHG) from sheep is underway. Aims are to validate predictors of feed intake, methane emissions and feed efficiency, to investigate the association between feed efficiency and methane emissions measured indoors and outdoors, to explore the opportunity of using genetics and genomics (animal and microbiome) to reduce methane emissions in pasture-based sheep systems and quantify the economic and environmental benefits of more feed-efficient and lower GHG-emitting sheep linked to their microbiome. The potential impact is to deliver applied, sustainable solutions to reduce methane emissions for the international sheep breeding community, by bringing together the latest precision livestock monitoring and molecular technology to identify novel selection targets and potentially candidate genes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP)
Subtitle of host publication	Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Pages	107-110
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-8686-940-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_15
Publication status	First published - 9 Feb 2023

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Conington, J., Lambe, N., Tortereau, F., McGovern, F., Navajas, E., De Barbieri, I., Ciappesoni, G., Jakobsen, J., Smith, E., Yates, J., Le Graverand, Q., McDermott, K., Steinheim, G., Aspeholen Aby, B., Dønnem, I., McHugh, N., Farrell, L., Marie-Etancelin, C., Johnson, P., & Rowe, S. (2023). 15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges (pp. 107-110). Wageningen Academic Publishers. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_15

Conington, J. ; Lambe, N. ; Tortereau, F. et al. / 15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view. Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2023. pp. 107-110

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Conington J , Lambe N, Tortereau F, McGovern F, Navajas E, De Barbieri I et al. 15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2023. p. 107-110 Epub 2023 Feb 9. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_15

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