Manipulation of rumen fermentation and methane gas production by plant secondary metabolites (saponin, tannin and essential oil) – a review of ten-year studies

• Main Authors: Jafari, Saeid, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Goh, Yong Meng, Rajion, Mohamed Ali, Jahromi, Mohamed Faseleh, Al-Jumaili, Wisam S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81280/1/RUMEN.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81280/; https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/aoas-2018-0037

A wide range of plant secondary metabolites (PSM) have been shown to have the potential to modulate the fermentation process in the rumen. The use of plants and plant extracts as natural feed additives has become an interesting topic not only among nutritionists but also other scientists. Although a...