Descripción del proyecto
Las vacas pronto podrán producir más leche y menos metano sin antibióticos
La ganadería, y en particular el ganado vacuno, es la mayor fuente de metano de la Unión Europea (UE). Los ganaderos lecheros de la UE han estado en desventaja desde 2006, cuando se prohibió el uso de antibióticos que aumentan la productividad. RumenShield Dairy quiere que los ganaderos de la UE lleven la delantera. Su novedoso aditivo no antibiótico para piensos ha mostrado un emocionante aumento en la producción de leche, que ha superado con creces a sus competidores, a la vez que reduce las emisiones de metano en más de un 60 %. Mejor aún, el aditivo reduce la mastitis y aumenta la fertilidad. En conjunto, el producto promete un enorme aumento de los ingresos y una reducción de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, sin la presencia de antibióticos en la leche que bebemos.
Objetivo
Antibiotic growth promoters have been used extensively throughout the world to increase milk output in dairy farming, leading to an average 5.4% increase in milk yield. This leads to greater productivity and profitability. Due to concerns over antibiotic-resistance and overuse of antibiotics, these have been banned in the EU since 2006. While non-antibiotic replacement products are used in the EU, these are not as effective. As such, EU dairy farms are at a competitive disadvantage when competing globally. Mayo Healthcare has developed RumenShield Dairy, a non-antibiotic feed additive which acts upon the rumen microbial community to enhance feed efficiency, improve milk output and health of the animal. In preliminary trials has shown an increased milk yield of 7.16% - leading to increased revenue of €173/cow, with a 3.8x return on investment seen. RumenShield Dairy has also shown additional benefits to the cow including reduced rates of lameness, mastitis and increased rates of fertility, which are estimated to save €275-300/cow. RumenShield Dairy acts upon methanogenic bacteria in the rumen. In vitro studies have shown use of RumenShield Dairy can reduce methane emissions by an average of 63%. This has the potential to transform the EU dairy sector, leading to a €4.067Bn increase in dairy output, with a potential 2.74% reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions. Increased productivity and reduced carbon footprint shall make the EU dairy sector more competitive internationally, leading to increased exports, job creation and sustainable food production.
This multi-party FTI project will optimise the formulation and then manufacture RumenShield Dairy. It will complete large-scale field studies demonstrating superiority over current gold-standard products, leading to a scientific opinion from EFSA regarding product use. The total market opportunity in the EU is €864m, with a total global market size of €2.559Bn. We aim to launch the product on the market during Q3, 2021.
Ámbito científico
CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairy
- social sciencessociologydemographyfertility
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
F28 R718 WESTPORT
Irlanda
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.