US company developing natural enzymes and probiotics to improve cattle health while reducing methane emissions and improving productivity.
A spin-out of North Carolina State University, founded by scientists who discovered enzymes that naturally reduce rumen methane emissions.
The enzyme blend, which would be mixed into supplementary feed, aims to reduce enteric methane emissions by over 80 per cent while simultaneously improving digestion to increase milk and meat yield by over 5 per cent.
Hoofprint Biome Inc is also investigating how it can use probiotics to decrease the dosing frequency of these enzymes, to enable practical use in beef and dairy herds in extensive grazing systems which don't supplement daily.
