Sustain Sheep project to delve into ovine emissions
A key element of the project is understanding the impacts of reducing greenhouse gas emissions on other animal characteristics, such as growth, feed intake and efficiency, and quantifying these effects.
A new international project creating knowledge and infrastructure to incorporate genetic merit for low environmental impact traits into national breeding schemes for sheep is to be led by Teagasc with the support of Sheep Ireland.
The project builds on information generated from a first international project, ‘Grass to Gas’ and will be titled ‘Reducing sheep methane emissions: sustainability in practice via new breeding goals’.
