Preeti Lakhani

INTRODUCTIONGreenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, moisture and ozone contribute to climate change and global warming by absorbing light energy in visible and infrared region (Lashof and Ahuja, 1990). Among green house gases methane is the second most important gas after CO2 which contributes to global warming (Van Nevel and Demeyer, 1996; IPCC, 2007). Methane makes up 16 ...

INTRODUCTION The rumen ecosystem comprises a complex of dense microbial communities of bacteria, methanogens, protozoa, fungi and bacteriophages. Bacteriophage forms a closely integrated ecological unit with each other and the host animal, as well as playing a vital role in the nutritional, physiological, immunological and protective functions of the host and provides a variety of nutritional and ...