Methane production in cattle calculated by the nutrient composition of the diet

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-19

  Jentsch, Werner ^a   Schweigel, Monika ^a   Weissbach, Friedrich ^a   Scholze, Helmut ^a   Pitroff, Wolfgang ^b   Derno, Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; CH4 production; Nutrients; Nutrition level

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATTLE; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; METHANE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

BOS;

EID: 33847118195     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390601106580     Document Type: Article

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