Methane emissions from sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-150

  Pelchen, A ^a   Peters, K J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Influencing factors; Methane emissions; Prediction equations; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038114693     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00031-x     Document Type: Article

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