Methane Gas Emission from Ruminants

Abstract

The rearing of ruminants for domestic consumption and export invariably lead to the production of CH4 as a product of digestion. CH4 has more warming power than carbon dioxide. This study investigated the emission of CH4 from Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University sheep farm. The study was conducted to estimate CH4 from sheep. The study worked with 48 gas samples where 24 samples before taking breath of sheep and another 24 samples after taking breath of sheep. Here between two samples maintained 6 hours gap. All the samples collected from 500 liter water tank. After sampling, samples were calculated by gas chromatography for knowing the level of CH4. In this study after gas chromatography analysis one sheep can produce 2.79 liter per day.