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Database of veterinary systematic reviews
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J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) (2021) 105: 874–889
DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13367
The efficacy of methane (CH(4) ) suppression using medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) remains inconclusive, despite a number of studies on this topic are available. We thus carried out a meta-analysis to integrate the published data on different concentrations and types of MCFA such as lauric acid and myristic acid, which investigated ruminal methanogenesis and fermentation in in vitro and in vivo experiments. In vitro MCFA sources were classified either as pure MCFA (lauric acid, myristic acid and their combinations) or as natural MCFA-rich oils (canola oil enriched with lauric acids, coconut oil, krabok oil and palm kernel oil). The MCFA sources used in the in vivo studies were coconut oil, lauric acid, myristic acid and the combination of lauric and myristic acids. A total of 41 studies (20 in vitro and 21 in vivo studies) were compiled in our database, which included the data on CH(4) emission, digestibility, ruminal fermentation products and microbial populations. The results showed that the amount of CH(4) production per unit of digested organic matter decreased linearly under in vitro conditions (p \textless .01) and tended to decrease quadratically under in vivo conditions (p \textless .07) with increasing doses of MCFA. Populations of protozoa (p \textless .01) in both in vitro and in vivo responded negatively in a linear manner, whereas Archaea population diminished quadratically (p = .04) only in the in vitro conditions with increasing doses of MCFA. Increasing dietary MCFA concentrations also reduced the fibre digestibility linearly (p \textless .05) in both in vitro and in vivo conditions. CH(4) production for different sources of MCFA decreased in following order: coconut oil \textgreater lauric acid \textgreater myristic acid \textgreater mixed lauric and myristic acids \textgreater palm kernel oil \textgreater canola oil enriched with lauric acids \textgreater krabok oil. It can be concluded that the effect of MCFA on ruminal methanogenesis depends on the amount and type of MCFA.
Yanza, Y. R., Szumacher-Strabel, M., Jayanegara, A., Kasenta, A. M., Gao, M., Huang, H., Patra, A. K., Warzych, E., & Cieślak, A. (2021). The effects of dietary medium-chain fatty acids on ruminal methanogenesis and fermentation in vitro and in vivo: A meta-analysis. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl), 105(5), 874–889. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13367 Animals, Diet/veterinary, ruminants, Methane/metabolism, Digestion, Fermentation, *Rumen/metabolism, ruminal fermentation, *Fatty Acids/metabolism, medium-chain fatty acid, methanogenesis