Methane emission from stored dairy manure slurry and slurry after digestion by methane digester

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-79

  Umetsu, Kazutaka ^a   Kimura, Yoshiaki ^b   Takahashi, Junichi ^a   Kishimoto, Tadashi ^a   Kojima, Takeshi ^a   Young, Bruce ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Dairy manure; Fertilizer value; Greenhouse gas; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944387398     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2005.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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