Effects of naturally-produced lovastatin on feed digestibility, rumen fermentation, microbiota and methane emissions in goats over a 12-week treatment period

• Main Authors: Su Chui Len, Candyrine, Mahadzir, Mazrul Fahmi, Buba, Sani Dahiru, Jahromi, Mohammad Faseleh, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Goh, Yong Meng, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi, Sazili, Awis Qurni, Chen, Wei Li, Ganesh, Siva, Ronimus, Ron, Muetzel, Stefan, Liang, Juan Boo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72505/1/Effects%20of%20naturally-produced%20lovastatin%20on.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72505/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199840

Twenty male Saanen goats were randomly assigned to four levels of lovastatin supplementation and used to determine the optimal dosage and sustainability of naturally produced lovastatin from fermentation of palm kernel cake (PKC) with Aspergillus terreus on enteric methane (CH4) mitigation. The effe...