What is AMR? 👉 Antimicrobial Resistance.

Antimicrobials can be lifesaving tool to treat bacterial infections in livestock animals, but using too much of an antimicrobial can cause bacteria to develop resistance to the antibiotics that were once meant to eliminate them. 1/

In this episode of #CLEARConversations, Conor McCabe dives into the science behind methane-reducing feed additives & breaks down how they can lower enteric methane (methane belched by cows). 🐄

Tune in 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8e... 🔗

Livestock methane emissions account for 11% of global greenhouse gases, but what if we could reduce that in grazing systems? 🌍 🐂 1/

What's research without a team?

Through the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Livestock Enteric Methane Emission Reduction Research Program (LEMER-RP), we're introducing a methane-reducing bolus at the very start of a calf's life to influence emissions across its entire lifetime. 💊 🐂

Episode 7 on CLEAR Conversations out now! 🎙️

In this episode, we explore:

👉 What a ruminant is and how their stomach functions
👉 Methane as a natural byproduct from digestion
👉 How feed additives help reduce enteric methane in dairy cows

Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8e...

We're excited to be co-hosting a session at the California Cattlemen's Association's 109th Annual Convention and engaging with the ranching community! 🤠 1/

Our team is exploring innovative ways to make cattle production more sustainable. At the heart of this work is a single bolus introduced early in a calf's life. 💊 🐂

Don't miss our newest CLEAR Conversations episode featuring Dr. Troy Rowan on beef genetics and its potential on methane mitigation. You can just hear the excitement in his voice! 🧬🐂

Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsq...

Into the field, from the field!

New CLEAR Conversations episode features Troy Rowan, assistant professor at University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Growing up in cattle-breeding family, Troy tackled tall challenge of using genetics to understand & help reduce livestock emissions.

What are the most effective ways to reduce livestock emissions? According to the Pathways Towards Lower Emissions Report from the FAO, its productivity gains, better breeding and improved animal health. 1/

DYK Denmark has 30 million pigs and only 5 million people? 🐖

It may be a small country but its agrifood system isn’t. Most of its agricultural land grows feed for livestock which gives a clear look at how intensive livestock systems operate and why context matters in sustainability conversations.

We have eight bovine bubbles at UC Davis that are used to conduct large-scale studies on group-housed cattle.

They're equipped with smart scales & smart feeds that track individual feed intake & weight of animals part of our early-life intervention study. 🐂