Progress in the development of vaccines against rumen methanogens

Vaccination against rumen methanogens offers a practical approach to reduce methane emissions in livestock, particularly ruminants grazing on pasture. Although successful vaccination strategies have been reported for reducing the activity of the rumen-dwelling organism Streptococcus bovis in sheep a...

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Published in:	Animal
Main Authors:	D.N Wedlock, P.H. Janssen, S.C. Leahy, D. Shu, B.M. Buddle
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013-01-01
Subjects:	vaccine antigen antibody methane methanogens Methanobrevibacter ruminantium
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000682