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The Effect of Direct-Fed Lactobacillus Species on Milk Production and Methane Emissions of Dairy Cows by S. Richard O. Williams 1,*, Joe L. Jacobs 1,2, Subhash Chandra 3, Martin Soust 4, Victoria M. Russo 1,2, Meaghan L. Douglas 1 and Pablo S. Alvarez Hess 1,2 1 Agriculture Victoria Research, Ellinbank, VIC 3821, Australia 2 Centre for Agricultural Innovation, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia 3 Agriculture Victoria, Tatura, VIC 3616, Australia 4 Terragen Biotech Pty Ltd., Coolum Beach, QLD 4573, Australia *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Animals 2023, 13(6), 1018; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061018 Submission received: 24 January 2023 / Revised: 8 March 2023 / Accepted: 9 March 2023 / Published: 10 March 2023 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutritional Strategies to Control Enteric Methane Production of Ruminants) Versions Notes Simple Summary Mitigating methane emissions from ruminants requires strategies that are sustainable and acceptable to both consumers and producers. Direct-fed microbials could [...]





