Effectiveness of interventions to modulate the rumen microbiota composition and function in pre-ruminant and ruminant lambs. Rumen Stability-lambs

A treatment, aiming to mitigate enteric methane emissions, combining garlic essential oil and linseed oil was used in the study. Fifty-eight lambs and their dams were allocated to two groups and treatment or placebo was drenched from birth until 10 weeks of life. Lambs were weaned at 8 weeks. From 16 to 20 weeks, lambs in each group were divided in two subgroups that received or not the same treatment. Rumen content samples were taken at 8, 14 and 20 weeks of life to assess rumen microbiota