Objective The aim is to develop new plants or plant extracts as dietary supplements for ruminants to replace chemical additives and growth-promoting antibiotics. The plant materials will be collected from botanical and industrial collections, and they will be evaluated for their ability to alleviate nutritional stress in ruminants, by preventing lactic acidosis and bloat, and to decrease pollution, by preventing methane formation and decreasing nitrogen excretions. Bloat and acidosis are distressing disorders, which result from malfunction of microbial digestion in the rumen. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and ammonia, which form urinary urea, arise from normal rumen fermentation. The project will deliver plant-based, sustainable solutions to these problems. The results will benefit EU biotech and agricultural industries, and increase crop diversity. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantibioticsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturenatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compoundsengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE Address Greenburn road AB21 9SB Aberdeen United Kingdom See on map EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALL-TECHNOLOGY (IRELAND) LTD Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sarney, summerhill road Dunboyne, co. meath See on map Other funding No data CRINA S.A. Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue de la combe 15 1196 Gland See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSIDAD DE LEON Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campus de vegazana s/n 24071 Leon See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12,fruwirthstrasse 12 70599 Stuttgart See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF READING United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hall farm arborfield RG2 9HX Reading See on map Other funding No data
