Season and bedding impacts on ammonia emissions from tie-stall dairy barns

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-15

  Powell, J M ^a   Misselbrook, T H ^b   Casler, M D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Inst of Grassland and Environmental Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FARMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MANURES; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DAIRY BARNS; HOLSTEIN DAIRY HEIFERS; LATIN SQUARE STATISTICAL DESIGN; MANURE SOLIDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE FARMING; COOLING; DAIRY CATTLE; EXHAUST GAS; FLUIDIZED BED; HEIFER; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WHEAT; WINTER; WOOD ASH;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; NITROGEN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38349158726     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0282     Document Type: Article

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