Methane emissions of beef cattle grazing tall fescue pastures at three levels of endophyte infestation

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1963-1969

  Pavao Zuckerman, Mitchell A ^a,b   Waller, John C ^a   Ingle, Teri ^a   Fribourg, Henry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; FUNGI; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MANURES; METHANE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY; VEGETATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP); ENDOPHYTE INFESTATION; PASTURE LAND;

AIR POLLUTION;

METHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACER;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033384672     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800060036x     Document Type: Article

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