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Varel VH, Hashimoto AG. Methane production by fermentor cultures acclimated to waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, or avoparcin. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982;44(6):1415-20doi: 10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982.
Varel, V. H., & Hashimoto, A. G. (1982). Methane production by fermentor cultures acclimated to waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, or avoparcin. Applied and environmental microbiology, 44(6), 1415-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982
Varel, V H, and Hashimoto, A G. "Methane production by fermentor cultures acclimated to waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, or avoparcin." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 44,6 (1982): 1415-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982
Varel VH, Hashimoto AG. Methane production by fermentor cultures acclimated to waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, or avoparcin. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 Dec;44(6):1415-20. doi: 10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982. PMID: 16346156; PMCID: PMC242204.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 Dec;44(6):1415-20. doi: 10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982.

Methane production by fermentor cultures acclimated to waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, or avoparcin.

Applied and environmental microbiology

V H Varel, A G Hashimoto

Affiliations

  1. Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Science and Education Administration, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933.

PMID: 16346156 PMCID: PMC242204 DOI: 10.1128/aem.44.6.1415-1420.1982

Abstract

The ability of microorganisms to ferment waste from cattle fed monensin, lasalocid, or salinomycin to methane was determined. Continuously mixed anaerobic fermentors with 3-liter working volumes at 55 degrees C were used; fermentors were fed once per day. Initially, all fermentors were fed waste without antibiotics at 6% volatile solids (VSs, organic matter) and a 20-day retention time (RT) for 60 days. Waste from animals fed monensin, lasalocid, or salinomycin at 29, 20, and 16.5 mg per kg of feed, respectively, was added to duplicate fermentors at the above VSs, and RT. Avoparcin (5 to 45 mg/liter) was not fed to animals but was added directly to duplicate fermentors. Lasalocid and salinomycin had minimal effects on the rate of methane production at RTs of 20 days and later at 6.5 days. Avoparcin caused an increase in organic acids from 599 to 1,672 mg/liter (as acetate) after 4 weeks, but by 6 weeks, acid concentrations declined and the rate of methane production was similar to controls at a 6.5-day RT. The monensin fermentors stopped producing methane 3 weeks after antibiotic addition. However, after a 6-month acclimation period, the microorganisms apparently adapted, and methane production rates of 1.65 and 2.51 liters per liter of fermentor volume per day were obtained with 6% VSs, and RTs of 10 and 6.5 days, respectively. This compares with 1.78 and 2.62 liters/liter per day for controls (P > 0.05). All fermentors that were fed waste containing antibiotics had lower pH values and ammonia and alkalinity concentrations, suggesting less buffering capacity and protein catabolism than in controls. Acclimation results obtained with fermentors at 35 degrees C were similar to those for fermentors at 55 degrees C. These studies indicate that waste from cattle fed these selected growth-promoting antibiotics can be thermophilically fermented to methane at RTs of 6.5 days or longer and VS concentrations of 6%, at rates comparable to waste without antibiotics.

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