The effect of putting the bag with collecting feces and urea ("Equine Diaper") to the ammonia gases concentrate in horse's pen

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Matsui, Akira ^a   Inoue, Yoshinobu ^a   Asai, Yo ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia gas; Excreta; Intake

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 24044524206     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.14.75     Document Type: Article

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