Plant-Derived Oils Reduce Pathogens and Gaseous Emissions from Stored Cattle Waste

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1366-1370

  Varel, Vincent H ^a   Miller, Daniel N ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; TERPENE; THYMOL; VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS; MANURE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GASES; MANURE; MONOTERPENES; PLANT OILS; TERPENES; THYMOL;

EID: 0035291228     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1366-1370.2001     Document Type: Article

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