The persistence over time of divergent methane production in lot fed cattle

International Congress Series

Volumn 1293, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-114

  Goopy, J P ^a   Hegarty, R S ^b   Dobos, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appetite; Cattle; Feed intake; Feedlot; Methane; Protozoa; VFA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748934214     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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