Modeling methane production from beef cattle using linear and nonlinear approaches

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1334-1345

  Ellis, J L ^a   Kebreab, E ^b   Odongo, N E ^a,c   Beauchemin, K ^d   McGinn, S ^d   Nkrumah, J D ^e   Moore, S S ^e   Christopherson, R ^e   Murdoch, G K ^e,f   McBride, B W ^a   Okine, E K ^e   France, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Greenhouse gas; Methane production; Modeling

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DIET; METABOLISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; LINEAR MODELS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 63849106968     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0725     Document Type: Article

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