Greenhouse gas emissions and final compost properties from co-composting bovine specified risk material and mortalities with manure

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-299

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

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef feedlot manure; Cattle mortality; Compost properties; E. coli; Greenhouse gas emissions; Specified risk materials

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM;

EID: 59449111105     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-008-9219-6     Document Type: Article

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