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This study evaluated the effects of ethanolic and hydroethanolic extracts of Urochloa brizantha on ruminal fermentation, methanogenic archaeal diversity, and the ruminal metabolome of sheep. Methods: Eight rumen-cannulated wethers were assigned to a replicated 4 \u00d7 4 Latin square design with four 28-day periods. Treatments consisted of no additive (CTL), ethanolic extract of U. brizantha (EE; 50 mL\/day), hydroethanolic extract (HE; 80 mL\/day), and monensin (MON; 25 mg\/kg of DMI). Ruminal fluid was evaluated for fermentation traits, archaeal 16S rRNA gene diversity, and untargeted metabolomic profiles. Results: Dry matter intake and fermentation parameters were unaffected by treatment. Archaeal alpha diversity showed a contrast-dependent response, with lower Shannon diversity in sheep receiving plant extracts than in those receiving monensin (p = 0.034), and Methanimicrococcus was selectively enriched in the EE group (p = 0.012). Untargeted metabolomics revealed the clearest response: despite substantial overlap in global PCA profiles, PLS-DA indicated treatment-specific temporal separation between day 0 and day 21 only in EE-treated sheep, supported by permutation testing based on classification error rate (p = 0.027), although predictive performance should be interpreted cautiously. This EE-specific response was characterized by a significant shift in the carboxylic acid subclass (FDR = 0.022). Top VIP-ranked discriminants (aspartate, succinate, glutamate, phenylalanine, leucine, and choline) decreased nominally but failed multiple-testing correction (FDR = 0.0602\u20130.2580). CTL, HE, or MON showed no temporal separation. Conclusions: Urochloa brizantha extracts produced limited effects on conventional ruminal fermentation parameters but were associated with selective archaeal responses. 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