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A Penn State livestock emissions expert has received a grant from the Greener Cattle Initiative to develop actionable options to mitigate enteric, or intestinal, methane emissions from cattle, which are produced via belching.

Alex Hristov, distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, will use the $758,776 award, the first grant issued by the consortium investing in research focused on mitigating enteric methane emissions, to develop new enteric methane inhibitors and delivery methods for them, according to a release from Penn State College of Agricultural Science.

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