Methane and ammonia emissions from a beef feedlot in western Canada for a twelve-day period in the fall

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Van Haarlem, R P ^a   Desjardins, R L ^a   Gao, Z ^a   Flesch, T K ^b   Li, X ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Inverse dispersion; Methane; Ruminant livestock; Trace gas emissions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 58949084959     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS08034     Document Type: Article

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