European Food Safety AuthorityFeb 16
📢 Call for data on 3 nitrooxypropanol in ruminants. We’re gathering evidence for an ongoing safety assessment. 📆 Submit data by 31 March 💻 Webinar (guidance on submitting data): 26 Feb, 14:30–15:30 Details & data submission → link.europa.eu/Fk4Jkn #EUFoodSafety #Ruminants
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏Dec 19

FYI...

#llamas #alpacas #ruminants #trivia #TIL #wool

anlomedadDec 19

Emissions from European drained peatlands mapped in a 1x1km grid.
If this land is used for ruminant feed, the soil's CO2 emissions are worsened by adding burp-methane CH4.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65841-6
Worse still: drained lowland often can't return to peat growth. But ending drainage halts CO2.

The study also revealed "underreporting in National UNFCCC inventories, amounting to 59–113 Mt CO2e annually".

By the Godess Of Peat 😁 among others, Franziska Tanneberger.

Scotland's and Norway's peat is wet. 💞 So they not only do not emit forever-CO2, they actively remove carbon from the Earth system, and for far longer than trees do, near-forever for out intents and purposes.

Germany, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia are the countries with systematic, close to 100% drained peatland. North-West Germany is the worst emitter from drained peatland AND all for grazing = CO2 plus burp-CH4.
Sweden and Finland grow trees on drained wetland so emissions balance temporarily.
While I haven't heard anything of Sweden's sink, Finland's forests turned from sink to source since around 2016, due to a combination of #climateChange with neoliberal politics where the guidance on sustainable forestry from a government body got privatised. The new forest management firms that now help private forest owners to make a profit, they just fell and forget to replant or something. I think, I posted about Finland's lost carbon sink a month ago?

#MoorMussNass #ClimateChange #Peatlands #UNFCCC #methane #ruminants #Wetlands

Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union - Nature Communications

An EU-wide analysis shows that drained peatlands are major, underreported sources of greenhouse gases. By mapping emission hotspots, the study provides guidance for targeted rewetting and strengthens the basis for climate policy and reporting.

Nature
CellBioNewsFeb 15, 2025

Scientists reveal #microbiome–host co-oscillation patterns in #goat from birth to puberty.

#ruminants #bacteria #gut #rumen #mucosa #community #succession (not the tv series)

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-reveal-microbiomehost-oscillation-patterns.html

Scientists reveal microbiome–host co-oscillation patterns in goat from birth to puberty

A new study led by Prof. Tan Zhiliang from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled intricate coordination mechanisms between ruminal mucosal microbiota and host epithelial cells across developmental stages.

Phys.org
Show threadAlexander J. SteinNov 3, 2024
(8/x) Methane from #cattle warms the atmosphere just as much as #methane from fossil fuel production. #Livestock emit more than wild animals ever have as there are more large #ruminants today, and they emit more methane per animal... https://drawdown.org/insights/greenwashing-and-denial-wont-solve-beefs-enormous-climate-problems #emissions
Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

Project Drawdown®
Show threadAlexander J. SteinOct 21, 2024
(10/x) Fact III.8: Only 17% of animal #feed protein is converted into edible protein; even #ruminants consume much more #protein from plant-sources that are grown on arable land (suitable for human food) than they supply = net protein loss: https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/crop-productions-and-plant-based-products/cereals/reducing-plan-protein-deficit-eu_en #foodsecurity
Reducing the plan protein deficit of the EU

The EU's activities in the field of supply and demand of protein and initiatives EU countries are taking as regards their protein policies.

Agriculture and rural development
Show threadAlexander J. SteinAug 18, 2024
(4/x) #Methane warms the atmosphere 80x more than CO2, and cattle are a significant source of methane that #soils can’t offset. #Grassfed cattle emit more methane than #cattle in feedlots. Today’s #livestock emit more methane than wild #ruminants ever did: https://drawdown.org/insights/regenerative-grazing-is-overhyped-as-a-climate-solution-we-should-do-it-anyway
Regenerative grazing is overhyped as a climate solution. We should do it anyway.

Animal agriculture has a climate problem.

Project Drawdown
Show threadAlexander J. SteinAug 15, 2024
(2/2) ... Estimating the #meat & milk production from #ruminants limited to #grazing areas & stocking densities where #livestock does not harm #biodiversity, this equals only 2.2 kg of #milk & 0.8 kg of meat per capita per year, globally: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01398-4
CellBioNewsAug 6, 2024

Historic #genome #sequencing will unlock potential for #agriculture, #conservation.

#ruminants #T2T

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-historic-genome-sequencing-potential-agriculture.html

Historic genome sequencing will unlock potential for agriculture, conservation

A multi-institutional, international effort known as the Ruminant Telomere-to-Telomere consortium, or RT2T, is aiming to make scientific history by publishing the complete genomes of more than 300 species of ruminant animals, ranging from narwhals to dairy cows.

Phys.org
Show threadGiuseppe MichieliJun 26, 2024
''Our study concludes that #European #HPAI #H5N1 isolates can replicate in #bovine WD-AECs, refuting the general assumption that #ruminants are not susceptible to infection with influenza A viruses. Our study underscores the benefit of WD-AEC cultures for the pandemic preparedness toolkit, providing a rapid assessment of the host range of an emerging pathogen.''