Prediction of methane production from dairy and beef cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3456-3466

  Ellis, J L ^a   Kebreab, E ^a   Odongo, N E ^a   McBride, B W ^a   Okine, E K ^b   France, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35748973542     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-675     Document Type: Article

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