Dietary modification in dairy cattle: Field measurements to assess the effect on ammonia emissions in the Basque Country

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 88-94

  Merino, P ^a   Arriaga, H ^a   Salcedo, G ^b   Pinto, M ^a   Calsamiglia, S ^c  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Tecnología Agraria del I E S La Granja   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Efficiency; Faecal nitrogen; Forage:concentrate ratio; Urine nitrogen; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATTLE; DIET; EMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BOS;

EID: 35349008101     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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