Dietary mitigation of enteric methane from cattle

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Beauchemin, Karen A ^a   McAllister, Tim A ^a   McGinn, Sean M ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ch4; Diet; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 70449568822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20094035     Document Type: Article

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