Effect of diet manipulation in dairy cow N balance and nitrogen oxides emissions from grasslands in northern Spain

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Arriaga, H ^a   Salcedo, G ^b   Calsamiglia, S ^c   Merino, P ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b IES La Granja   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Dairy nutrition; Forage:concentrate ratio; Grassland; Nitric oxide; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXCRETION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; MANURE; MILK PRODUCTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS OXIDE; PROTEIN; SILAGE; SLURRY; WHEAT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; HORDEUM; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 70350028689     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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