Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from poultry enteric fermentation

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 873-878

  Wang, Shu Yin ^a   Huang, Da Ji ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emission Factors; Enteric Fermentation; Methane; Nitrous Oxide; Respiration Chamber

Indexed keywords

ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; ROMAN;

EID: 19744371646     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.873     Document Type: Article

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