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U of G-Developed Techniques for Reducing Cattle Methane Emissions Awarded Innovation of the Year Award

Posted on Thursday, January 11th, 2024
From left: Dr. Filippo Miglior, Dr. Christine Baes, Dr. Francesca Malchiodi, Dr. Saeed Shadpour and Dr. Flavio Schenkel, pictured at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre in Elora

 

A University of Guelph innovation that utilizes genetic selection methods to mitigate methane emissions in dairy cattle is the recipient of the University’s Innovation of the Year Award [1] for 2023.  

This annual award is presented by the Office of Research [2] and the Research Innovation Office [3] to acknowledge researchers for their creative strategies or products that positively impact people's lives. 

This year's winning innovation was the result of a collaborative effort involving researchers and industry partners from around the world, including U of G researchers Dr. Christine Baes [4], Dr. Flavio Schenkel [5], and Dr. Saeed Shadpour from the Department of Animal Biosciences in the Ontario Agricultural College, as well as Dr. Filippo Miglior from Lactanet Canada [6] and Dr. Francesca Malchiodi from Semex [7].  

Read the full article on the U of G News site: U of G-Developed Techniques for Reducing Cattle Methane Emissions Awarded [8]. 


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/article/u-g-developed-techniques-reducing-cattle-methane-emissions-awarded-innovation-year-award

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/innovation/commercialize/award-winners
[2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/
[3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/innovation/
[4] https://animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca/abscpeople/cbaes
[5] https://animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca/abscpeople/schenkel
[6] https://lactanet.ca/en/home/
[7] https://www.semex.com/
[8] https://news.uoguelph.ca/2024/01/u-of-g-developed-techniques-for-reducing-cattle-methane-emissions-awarded/