The agricultural industry is the main emitter of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), gases that each have a global warming potential that is greater than that of CO2 by 23 and 298 times, respectively. On a global scale, enteric fermentation from ruminant animal production (especially of cattle and sheep) is responsible for between 21% and 25% of total anthropogenic CH4 emissions. The search for effective, si...
The objective was to carry out lamb carcass evaluation in a confinement system fed with 100% concentrated diet and diet with the inclusion of residual oil, in order to identify which diet provides the best performance. Fifteen male sheep, not castrated, crossbred from Dorper × Santa Inês, aged six months, confined in collective pens for 50 days were used. The treatments were as follows: Control Diet (TC) - Tift...