Total reduced sulfur concentrations in the vicinity of beef cattle feedlots

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-85

  Koelsch, Richard K ^a   Woodbury, Bryan L ^b   Stenberg, David E ^c   Miller, Daniel N ^b   Schulte, Dennis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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

^c Dawson County Cooperative Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Beef cattle feedlots; Hydrogen sulfide; Total reduced sulfur

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS; TOTAL REDUCED SULFUR;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1842482436     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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