Nutrition, feeding, and calves: Effects of dietary nitrogen manipulation on ammonia volatilization from manure from Holstein heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2430-2439

  James, T ^a,b   Meyer, D ^a   Esparza, E ^a   Depeters, E J ^a   Perez Monti, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dairy manure; Nitrogen; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; MANURE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN INTAKE; VOLATILIZATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; MANURE; NITROGEN; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033228536     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75494-9     Document Type: Article

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