The potential benefit of corn dried distillers' grain (co)products (DDG) fed alone or in combination with ionophore and condensed tannin to mitigate methane emission in cattle

An abstract of a study by Fonseca et al evaluating the potential of ionophore (33 mg of monensin/kg DM) and condensed tannins (offered at 3% of DMI) to mitigate enteric methane production by beef steers fed corn dried distiller's grain (DDG) in finishing diets is presented. The inclusion of ionophore and condensed tannins to DDG-based diets significantly affected enteric CH4 production (L/d; P < 0.001).