Bai, M., Prathap, P., Elayadeth-Meethal, M. et al. (7 more authors) (2025) Polyphenol-Containing Feed Additive Polygain™ Reduces Methane Production and Intensity from Grazing Dairy Cows Measured Using an Inverse-Dispersion Technique. Animals, 15 (7). 926. ISSN 2076-2615
Abstract
This study, conducted on a commercial dairy farm using a robotic milking system in Victoria, Australia, examined the effects of Polygain™ (The Product Makers Australia), a polyphenol-rich sugarcane feed material (PRSFM), on CH₄ emissions in grazing dairy cattle using an inverse-dispersion model (IDM) combined with open-path laser techniques. Thirty lactating Holstein Friesian cows (aged 2–5 years with an average body weight of 663 kg and average daily milk production of 28.9 kg) were divided into two dietary treatment groups of fifteen cows each. Before the measurement, the PRSFM (0.25%) was supplemented for 3 weeks as an adaptation period and mixed with pellet feed for the treatment group. Over the 2-week measurement period, CH₄ production (MP) was 495 ± 12 and 377 ± 12 (mean ± standard error) g CH₄/animal/day for the control and treatment groups, respectively. Methane intensity (MI) was 17.04 and 13.01 g CH₄/animal/kg milk/day in the control and treatment groups, respectively. On average, Polygain supplementation reduced MP and MI by 24%. This potential CH₄ reduction extrapolated across Australia contributes to a 2.63% reduction in national agricultural emissions. This study underscores the potential of Polygain for CH₄ mitigation in dairy cattle.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | dairy cows; methanogenesis; inhibition; Polygain; IDM |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 May 2025 10:45 |
Last Modified: | 28 May 2025 10:45 |
Published Version: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/7/926 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/ani15070926 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:227071 |