使用常规提高生产率的技术的商业牛肉生产系统的环境性能
Isaac A Aboagye1,2, Marcos R C Cordeiro1,2, Tim A McAllister3
1Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
Translational animal science
|June 7, 2023
概括
传统的提高生产率的技术 (PETs) 提高了养场牛的生长和尸体特征,同时减少了对环境的影响. 用天然替代品取代它们会增加土地,水和温室气体排放,突出显示传统PET在可持续牛肉生产中的重要性.
科学领域:
- 动物科学动物科学
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 提高生产率的技术 (PET) 在现代牛肉生产中至关重要.
- 评估传统和天然PET对牛的表现和环境影响的综合影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估传统PET单独或与天然替代品一起对料场牛生长,体特征和环境足迹的影响.
- 为了比较各种天然料添加剂 (纤维解酶,精油,直接养的微生物) 与常规添加剂 (素,泰洛辛,β-上腺素激动剂,MGA) 的疗效.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及768只交叉繁殖的一年牛和公牛的研究.
- 动物被分配给不同组合的常规和天然料添加剂的饮食,包括植入和非植入组.
- 估计了环境影响,包括温室气体 (GHG) 和氨 (NH3) 排放,土地和水资源使用.
主要成果:
- 植入和传统治疗的牛在生长和尸体特征上显著改善 (P < 0.05).
- 将传统的料添加剂替换为天然的料添加剂,将土地和水的使用量分别提高了7.9%和10.5%,以及温室气体和NH3排放强度.
- 消除植入物显著增加了土地和水的使用,温室气体和NH3排放强度,无论是牛和小牛.
结论:
- 传统的PET提高了动物的表现,并减少了牛肉生产对环境的影响.
- 限制传统PET的使用将增加牛肉生产对环境的影响,影响国内和国际市场.
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