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Overview

Sean M. McGinn is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with an emphasis on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Process Chemistry and Technology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, and Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sean M. McGinn are:

  • K. A. Beauchemin
  • Maik Kindermann
  • Xiu Min Zhang
  • M. L. Smith
  • Robert J. Gruninger

They have published in various scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Animal Microbiome
  • Frontiers in Animal Science
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Animals

Selected recent papers by Sean M. McGinn include:

  • Combined effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol and canola oil supplementation on methane emissions, rumen fermentation and biohydrogenation, and total tract digestibility in beef cattle, 2021, Journal of Animal Science
  • 3-Nitrooxypropanol Decreased Enteric Methane Production From Growing Beef Cattle in a Commercial Feedlot: Implications for Sustainable Beef Cattle Production, 2021, Frontiers in Animal Science
  • Application of 3-nitrooxypropanol and canola oil to mitigate enteric methane emissions of beef cattle results in distinctly different effects on the rumen microbial community, 2022, Animal Microbiome
  • Use of 3-nitrooxypropanol in a commercial feedlot to decrease enteric methane emissions from cattle fed a corn-based finishing diet, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Performance of open-path lasers and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic systems in agriculture emissions research, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Best Publications

  • Methane emissions from beef cattle: Effects of monensin, sunflower oil, enzymes, yeast, and fumaric acid.

    S. M. McGinn;K. A. Beauchemin;T. Coates;D. Colombatto

  • Use of condensed tannin extract from quebracho trees to reduce methane emissions from cattle.

    K. A. Beauchemin;S. M. McGinn;T. F. Martinez;T. A. McAllister

  • Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from beef production in western Canada: A case study

    Karen A. Beauchemin;H. Henry Janzen;Shannan M. Little;Tim A. McAllister

  • METHANE EMISSIONS FROM BEEF CATTLE: EFFECTS OF FUMARIC ACID, ESSENTIAL OIL AND CANOLA OIL

    K. A. Beauchemin;S. M. McGinn

  • Methane emissions from feedlot cattle fed barley or corn diets.

    K. A. Beauchemin;S. M. McGinn

  • Methane emissions from dairy cows measured using the sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer and chamber techniques.

    C. Grainger;T. Clarke;S.M. McGinn;M.J. Auldist

  • Potential use of Acacia mearnsii condensed tannins to reduce methane emissions and nitrogen excretion from grazing dairy cows.

    C. Grainger;T. Clarke;M J Auldist;K A Beauchemin

  • Crushed sunflower, flax, or canola seeds in lactating dairy cow diets: Effects on methane production, rumen fermentation, and milk production

    K.A. Beauchemin;S.M. McGinn;C. Benchaar;L. Holtshausen

  • Dietary mitigation of enteric methane from cattle.

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  • Feeding saponin-containing Yucca schidigera and Quillaja saponaria to decrease enteric methane production in dairy cows.

    L. Holtshausen;A.V. Chaves;K.A. Beauchemin;S.M. McGinn

  • Methane abatement strategies for cattle: Lipid supplementation of diets

    Karen A. Beauchemin;Sean M. McGinn;Hélène V. Petit

  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from beef production in western Canada – Evaluation using farm-based life cycle assessment

    K.A. Beauchemin;H.H. Janzen;S.M. Little;T.A. McAllister

  • Agroecosystems and Land Resources of the Northern Great Plains

    Glenn Padbury;Sharon Waltman;Joseph Caprio;Gerald Coen

  • Life-cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from dairy production in Eastern Canada: a case study.

    E.J. Mc Geough;S.M. Little;H.H. Janzen;T.A. McAllister

  • Differing effects of 2 active dried yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strains on ruminal acidosis and methane production in nonlactating dairy cows.

    Y.-H. Chung;N.D. Walker;S.M. McGinn;K.A. Beauchemin

  • Techniques for measuring gas emissions from a composting stockpile of cattle manure

    S.G. Sommer;S.M. McGinn;X. Hao;F.J. Larney

  • Assessment of the sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer technique for measuring enteric methane emissions from cattle.

    S. M. McGinn;K. A. Beauchemin;A. D. Iwaasa;T. A. McAllister

  • The potential of 3-nitrooxypropanol to lower enteric methane emissions from beef cattle.

    A. Romero-Perez;E. K. Okine;S. M. McGinn;L. L. Guan

  • Atmospheric ammonia, volatile fatty acids, and other odorants near beef feedlots.

    S. M. McGinn;H. H. Janzen;T. Coates

  • Sustained reduction in methane production from long-term addition of 3-nitrooxypropanol to a beef cattle diet.

    A. Romero-Perez;E. K. Okine;S. M. McGinn;L. L. Guan

  • Prediction of enteric methane output from milk fatty acid concentrations and rumen fermentation parameters in dairy cows fed sunflower, flax, or canola seeds.

    R. Mohammed;S.M. McGinn;K.A. Beauchemin

  • Quantifying ammonia emissions from a cattle feedlot using a dispersion model.

    S. M. McGinn;T. K. Flesch;B. P. Crenna;K. A. Beauchemin

  • An approach for measuring methane emissions from whole farms.

    S. M. McGinn;T. K. Flesch;L. A. Harper;K. A. Beauchemin

  • Use of corn distillers’ dried grains to reduce enteric methane loss from beef cattle

    S M McGinn;Y H Chung;K A Beauchemin;A D Iwaasa

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen A. Beauchemin
Karen A. Beauchemin Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Tim A. McAllister
Tim A. McAllister Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Deli Chen
Deli Chen University of Melbourne
H. Henry Janzen
H. Henry Janzen Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Maik Kindermann
Maik Kindermann DSM (Netherlands)
Erasmus K. Okine
Erasmus K. Okine University of Lethbridge
Francis J. Larney
Francis J. Larney Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Nicholas E. Odongo
Nicholas E. Odongo Pwani University
Chaouki Benchaar
Chaouki Benchaar Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Alexandre V. Chaves
Alexandre V. Chaves University of Sydney

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