Greenhouse gas emissions during co-composting of calf mortalities with manure

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1914-1919

  Xu, Shanwei ^a,b,c   Hao, Xiying ^a   Stanford, Kim ^b   McAllister, Tim A ^a   Larney, Francis J ^a   Wang, Jingguo ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

CATTLE CARCASSES; CO-COMPOSTING; FRONT-END LOADER; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; GAS ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; FERTILIZERS; GASES; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 36248931556     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0080     Document Type: Article

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