A conceptual mechanistic model for the ammonia emissions from free stall cubicle dairy cow houses

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-201

  Monteny, G J ^a   Schulte, D D ^a   Elzing, A ^a   Lamaker, E J J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; Computer simulation; Dairy cows; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCONVERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; ENZYMES; GAS EMISSIONS; PH EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; UREA; VENTILATION;

AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION;

FARM BUILDINGS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031956316     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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