Prediction of ammonia emission from dairy cattle manure based on milk urea nitrogen: Relation of milk urea nitrogen to urine urea nitrogen excretion

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5499-5508

  Burgos, S A ^a,b   Fadel, J G ^a   DePeters, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Milk urea nitrogen; Urine urea N excretion

Indexed keywords

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EID: 37149050813     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0299     Document Type: Article

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