Physical and chemical changes during composting of wood chip-bedded and straw-bedded beef cattle feedlot manure

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 725-735

  Larney, Francis J ^a   Olson, Andrew F ^a   Miller, Jim J ^a   DeMaere, Paul R ^a   Zvomuya, Francis ^a   McAllister, Tim A ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; FORESTRY; INCINERATION; NITROGEN;

FEEDLOT MANURE; FOREST INDUSTRY; STRAW-BEDDED MANURE (SBM);

MANURES;

MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BEEF CATTLE; CANADA; CEREAL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; MANURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL QUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAW; WOOD CHIP;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; HORDEUM; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MANURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

FORESTRY; MANURE; NITROGEN;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 40849127057     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0351     Document Type: Article

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