Rebecca Danielsson

Research Interests
Ruminant nutrition with focus on methane production from dairy cows. Rumen microbiology, especially methane producing microorganisms; methanogens (Archaea)

Research Goal
Identify differences in methane production from cows fed different types of feed and differences between individuals fed the same diet. A further aim is to find out if it could be possible to correlate methane production with some certain species or groups of microorganisms in rumen.

Research Skills
Design, sampling, analysis and interpretation of methane measuring studies, microbial analysis and in vitro experiments.

Ongoing projects:

PI;

Is it possible to combine high forage consumption with low methane emissions from milk cows? In collaboration with; Cecilia Kronqvist,  Anna Schnürer, Maria Åkerlind. Finansierat av SLF 2017-2021

Can the red algae Asparagopsis taxiformis reduce methane production in dairy cows? In collaboration with; Mikaela Lindberg, Sophie Krizsan och Mohammad Ramin. Formas 2020-2022

Part in projects;

Improved sustainability in dairy production by increased feed efficiency, SLF 2019-2022

Improving pasture utilization by using the natural variation in cows’ grazing behaviour and herbage nutrient content, Ekoforsk 2020-2022

Danielsson, R., Lucas, J., Dahlberg, J., Ramin, M., Agenäs, S., Bayat, A.R., Tapio, I., Hammer, T. & Roslin., T. 2019. Compound- and context-dependent effects of antibiotics on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. Royal Society Open Science, accepted.

Danielsson, R., Dicksved, J., Sun, L., Gonda. H., Müller, B., Schnürer, A. and Bertilsson, J. 2017. Methane production in dairy cows correlates with rumen methanogenic and bacterial community structure. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8,1-15. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00226

Danielsson, R., Ramin, M., Lund, P., Bertilsson, J. and Huhtanen, P. 2017. Evaluation of a gas in vitro system for predicting methane production in vivo. Journal of Dairy Science, 100: 1-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-12675

Danielsson, R., Werner-Omazic, A., Ramin, M., Schnürer, A., Griinari, M., Dicksved, J., & Bertilsson, J. (2014). Effects on enteric methane production and bacterial and archaeal communities by the addition of cashew nut shell extract or glycerol—An in vitro evaluation. Journal of dairy science, 97(9), 5729-5741.

Danielsson, R., Schnürer, A., Arthurson, V., & Bertilsson, J. (2012). Methanogenic population and CH4 production in Swedish dairy cows fed different levels of forage. Applied and environmental microbiology, 78(17), 6172-6179.

Patel, M., Wredle, E., Börjesson, G., Danielsson, R., Iwaasa, A. D., Spörndly, E., & Bertilsson, J. (2011). Enteric methane emissions from dairy cows fed different proportions of highly digestible grass silage. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A-Animal Science, 61(3), 128-136.

PhD Thesis: 

Danielsson 2016. Methane production in dairy cows - impact of feed an rumen microbiota Sveriges lantbruksuniversotet. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 1652-6880, 2016:45